1776

2: Edible fruits and nuts

Sandoricum vidalii Merr.

MELIACEAE

Philippines: malasantol, malarambo (Tagalog), biot (Gaddang).

Endemic in the Philippines.

The fruits are eaten raw; they are also used to flavour vegetables and fish.

Small tree with alternate, trifoliolate leaves; leaflets elliptical. Flowers yellow-white. Fruit a globose berry, yellow, skin very thick; flesh pale, adhering to the seeds. In primary forests at low and medium altitudes.

[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.
[55]Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R. & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966. Edible wild plants in Philippine forests. The Philippine Journal of Science 95: 431–561.

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. Sandoricum vidalii Merr.. 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