Nephelium juglandifolium

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Description

Tree, up to 30 m high, dbh up to 90 cm. Leaves (1-)3-7-jugate; Inflorescences pseudoterminal. Sepals slightly or up to c. 35% connate, 1.5-2 mm long. Petals none. Stamens 7 or 8. Ovary 2-celled. Fruits slightly flattened ellipsoid, 3.5-5 by 2.5 by 2 cm, glabrous, coarsely warty, the warts ± arranged into longitudinal rows, ± obtuse triangular, usually flattened, up to 4 mm high;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), W Java present

Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, and W Java.

Uses

Sarcotesta around the seed edible. See .

Notes

Vegetatively, the present species may resemble N. lappaceum var. pallens. The latter differs distinctly by its far more slender twigs and petioles, however.

Citation

Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 138

Ridley 1922 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 501

Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 970

Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 971

Valeton 1902 – In: Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg

Koord. & Valeton 1903 – In: Bijdr. Booms. Java: 188

Teijsm. & Binn. 1855 – In: Ned. Kruidk. Arch.: 410

Leenh. 1986 – In: Blumea: 396