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Meyna spinosa Roxb. ex Link

RUBIACEAE

Vangueria spinosa Roxb.

False thorn-randa (En). Penisular Malaysia: duri timun tahil.

India, Thailand, southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Java).

The fruit is said to be edible.

A straggling thorny bush or treelet, up to 5 m tall. Fruit a subglobose berry, ca. 2 cm diameter, yellow, in clusters along the branches.

[10]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.
[12]Corner, E.J.H., 1965. Check-list of Ficus in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 21: 1–186.

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. Meyna spinosa Roxb. ex Link. 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