Record Number
2253
PROSEA Handbook Number
8: Vegetables
Taxon
Feroniella lucida (Scheffer) Swingle
Family
RUTACEAE
Synonyms
Feronia lucida Scheffer.
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: kawista-krikil (Java). Cambodia: ka sang, cra san. Laos: sang. Thailand: ma sang. Vietnam: da da, canthan.
Distribution
Thailand, Indo-China, Java. Occasionally cultivated.
Uses
Raw fruit pulp is used as a vegetable. The wood is hard, but rarely used.
Observations
Tree, up to 25 m tall with horizontally arranged branches, spiny or unarmed. Leaves composite, about 8 cm long with 3—11 leaflets. Flowers white, 2—3 cm in diameter, odoriferous, male or bisexual. Fruit a hard-shelled, globose berry, 6—7 cm in diameter, with white or yellowish pulp. In habit and ecology, Feroniella lucida resembles the wood apple (Limonia acidissima L.), preferring a monsoon or seasonally dry tropical climate. In Central Java often found in teak forest on seasonally very dry soil, up to 400 m altitude. The form with yellowish fruit pulp is said to be toxic (might be Feroniella pubescens Tanaka); the fruits with white pulp are sold on markets in Indo-China.
Selected Sources
[7]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963–1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol.1 (1963) 647 pp., Vol.2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.
[20]Burkill, I.H., 1935. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2 volumes. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, United Kingdom. 2402 pp. (slightly revised reprint, 1966. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
[44]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd edition, 1950. van Hoeve, 's-G
[54]Lecomte, M.H. & Gagnepain, F. (Editors), 1907–1950. Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine [General flora of Indo-China]. 7 volumes and supplements. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
[20]Burkill, I.H., 1935. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2 volumes. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, United Kingdom. 2402 pp. (slightly revised reprint, 1966. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives,
[44]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd edition, 1950. van Hoeve, 's-G
[54]Lecomte, M.H. & Gagnepain, F. (Editors), 1907–1950. Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine [General flora of Indo-China]. 7 volumes and supplements. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Author(s)
M.H. van den Bergh
Correct Citation of this Article
Van den Bergh, M.H., 1993. Feroniella lucida (Scheffer) Swingle. In: Siemonsma, J.S and Piluek, K (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 8: Vegetables. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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