Sandoricum dasyneuron

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Sandoricum dasyneuron

Description

Tree 8–10(–25) m, bole 10–25 cm diam. Bark smooth; wood light red. Leaves 25–52 cm long; petiole 10–20.5 cm, ± pilose, base ± swollen. Petals 5, 8–9 by c. 3 mm, spathu- late, glabrous, greenish-white, apices acute. Staminal tube fleshy, white, swollen at mouth, ± pubescent without, pilose within, margin with 5 erose lobes; anthers 10, 1.5 mm, in two ranks, the more distal opposite lobes, the more proximal inserted between them, all weakly exserted. Ovary and style glabrous; stigmatic lobes c. 1.5 mm long. Seeds (non vidi) 2.5 cm long (C.DC., l.c.).

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Brunei present, Kalimantan present, Sarawak present)
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan), rarely collected.

Uses

According to Beccari, the drupe has much edible sweet flesh but it leaves a garlicky taste in the mouth.

Citation

Mabb. 1985 – In: Blumea: 147.
C.DC. 1878 – In: DC, Monogr. Phan. 1: 462
Becc. 1902: For. Born.: 602
Merr. 1921 – In: J. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc: 319