Mangifera timorensis (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Mangifera timorensis Blume
- Protologue: Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1(13): 199 (1850).
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: upun fui (Timor), pauh puar (Flores), pelem poh (Sumbawa).
Distribution
The Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas; also semi-cultivated.
Uses
The wood is reputed to be used. The very juicy fruit is edible.
Observations
A medium-sized, sometimes fairly large tree up to 30(-40) m tall, with bole up to 80 cm in diameter, bark surface initially smooth, later rough and deeply fissured, dark brown; leaves elliptical-oblong, 11-30 cm × 3-9 cm; inflorescence pseudo-terminal, lax, glabrous; flowers 4-merous, petals 3-3.5 mm long, thick, creamy-white to greenish-white, turning dirty pinkish after anthesis, with 5 prominent, yellow ridges confluent at the base, disk large, 4-lobed, one stamen fertile, staminodes minute or absent; fruit ellipsoid to globose, up to 6 cm long, smooth and glossy, greenish-yellow when ripe. M. timorensis occurs rather commonly but scattered in semi-deciduous to evergreen rain forest at 200-1000 m altitude. It is suitable for planting in areas with a prolonged dry season.
Selected sources
162, 328.