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Lepisanthes fruticosa (Roxb.) Leenh.

SAPINDACEAE

Otophora cambodiana Pierre, Otophora fruticosa Blume, Otophora resecta Radlk.

Indonesia: mojowontu. Malaysia: setengok. Philippines: linaunau (Tagalog), buli-buli (Bisaya), ara (Ibanag). Cambodia kândâk. Laos: hwàd khaaz. Thailand: chammaliang, phumriang (central), mathao (north).

Malesia (not in New Guinea), Burma, Thailand, Indo-China. It is occasionally cultivated.

The seeds are eaten roasted. The root is used in a compound poultice to relieve itching.

Shrub or tree, up to 10 m tall, exceptionally a liana. Leaves usually paripinnate, 1—14-jugate. Fruit a subglobose to ellipsoid berry, up to 4 cm in diameter, dark red to black. Seed subglobose to semi-ellipsoid, flattened on one side, up to ca. 2 cm diameter. In thickets at low elevations.

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[54]Merrill, E.D., 1923–1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Lepisanthes fruticosa (Roxb.) Leenh.. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea