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

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Flora of Malaya
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (KEP)
Kepong, Malaysia
Daly, D.C. D 14278	7 June 2012
With Mitchell, J.D.; Kamarudin, S.; Angan, A.
Malaysia, Selangor, Gombak, Forest Research Institute,
Kepong: campus of Forest Research Institute of Malaysia-
FRIM.
3°23.55' N, 101°62.86' E Alt: 54m
Cultivated
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 yellowish then turning brown,
exocarp thick and crustose, mesocarp cream-colored, sweet, sticky.
Cultivated.
Voucher for molecular phylogenetic studies.
Anacardiaceae
Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe
Duplicates at: KEP, NY
03697179