Aglaia edulis

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Aglaia edulis

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wild or cultivated


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Fiji Islands and the East Indies. The natives eat the aril which surrounds the seed and call it gumi[1]. The fruit is edible, having a watery, cooling, pleasant pulp[2]. The aril is large, succulent and edible[3].

  1. ↑ Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pls. 1:683. 1831.
  2. ↑ Wight, R. Illustr. Ind. Bot. 1:146. 1840. (Milnea edulis)
  3. ↑ Royle, J. P. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:140. 1839.


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