Description
Small tree up to 11 m;
Leaves:
Ovary globose, c. 1 mm, stigma sessile.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Cambodia (Cambodia present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Mindanao present
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula and Philippines (Mindanao). .
Uses
Young shoots and inflorescences are eaten after boiling as a vegetable (notes of many collectors). Fruits edible.
Notes
Melientha suavis subsp. suavis varies considerably in leaf characters. The apex of the leaves is often obtuse-mucronulate but more or less acuminate leaves are to be found at several points of the range of the subspecies.
