Pangium edule Reinw. ex Blume

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Palau

• State/Province

  Airai

• Locality

  Babeldaob. Oikull, Beluu village

• Coordinates

  7.36747, 134.054

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Achariaceae
Pangium edule Reinw. ex Blume
det. D. H. Lorence, A. Kitalong, Jan 2008
Palau. Airai. Babeldaob. Oikull, Beluu village.
7022'2.9,rN, 134°3'13.6"E
Agroforest along stone path.
Tree to 50m tall, dbh lm, fruits brown, 20 cm long;
herbarium specimens collected were seedlings and
fruits. Seeds are poisonous, do not eat.
N.V, Riamel [Palauan]
fruit	People who collect coconut crabs know
that the crabs come to this fruit when it
falls, and eat the pulp. The crabs are eaten
by the people.
fruit	Cut open fruit when it drops from the tree;
then it is ready to eat. Scrape fruit pulp
and put pulp in bowl and heat over a fire
and this will melt into a sweet syrup
called Merkou.
seed	To kill rats, scrape seeds and mix with
coconut endosperm and scatter around
area With rats-they will eat it and die,
wood	Its wood can be used to make paddles
because it’s very hard and it will float.
Participant: Aderdei Gillian Johanes. Unknown.
18 Jan 2008
M. J. Balick, Ann Kitalong, Chris Kitalong, David Lorence,
Wayne Law, Carol Milne, George Milne, Steve Perlman,
Kiblas Soaladaob. 4577
The V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
NYdb
05104002