Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Malaysia

  • State/Province

    Selangor

  • County/Municipio

    Gombak (District)

  • Locality

    Kepong: campus of Forest Research Institute of Malaysia-FRIM

  • Elevation

    Alt. 54 m. (177 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.2355, 101.629

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

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The New York Botanical Garden
Anacardiaceae
Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe
Malaysia. Selangor. Gombak. Kepong: campus of Forest
Research Institute of Malaysia-FRIM.
3.2355°, -101.6286°
54 m.
cultivated area.
Tree 12 m x 54 cm diam, broadly branching from 4 m with
digitate plank buttresses 1 m high and 1.5 m extension.
Outer bark brown with pale brown scalloped patches. Fruits
pendent on drooping infructescences, slightly obovoid, 2.8
cm long, maturing yell. Voucher for molecular phylogenetic
studies.
Use: mesocarp edible
N.V. senkwang [Malay]
7 Jun 2012
D. C. Daly, J. D. Mitchell, S. Kamarudin, A. Angan 14278
Field work supported by the Beneficia Foundation
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