Record Number
5977
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Nephelium ramboutan-ake (Labill.) Leenh.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Nephelium in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Nephelium in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Nephelium intermedium Radlk. p.p., Nephelium mutabile Blume.
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: kapulasan, pulasan (Sundanese). Malaysia: buah mua (Iban, Sarawak), meritam (Sabah, Sarawak), pulasan (Peninsular). Philippines: bulala (Filipino), karayo (Tagalog), malapution (Samar-Leyte Bisaya). Singapore: pulasan. Burma (Myanmar): kyetmauk.
Distribution
India (Assam), Burma (Myanmar), Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java (doubtful), Borneo and the Philippines; also planted locally and possibly indigenous in the Moluccas.
Author(s)
T. Uji
Correct Citation of this Article
Uji, T., 1998. Nephelium ramboutan-ake (Labill.) Leenh.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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