Xylocarpus granatum (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Xylocarpus granatum J. König

Synonyms

Carapa granatum (J. König) Alston, Carapa obovata Blume, Xylocarpus obovata (Blume) A. Juss.

Vernacular names

• Cannonball mangrove
• Indonesia: nyireh bunga (general), giliki gota (Moluccas), niri (Sundanese)
• Malaysia: nyireh bunga (general), nyireh ayer (Sarawak), nyireh hudang (Peninsular)
• Philippines: tabigi (general), kalumbabau (Zambales), kolimbauing (Iloko). Singapore: nyireh bunga. Burma (Myanmar): pinle-on
• Cambodia: châm'-puu praèk, t'bôôn
• Thailand: kra buun khao, ta buun, ta buun khao (central, peninsular)
• Vietnam: xu'o'ng cá, dang dinh.

Distribution

From East Africa and Madagascar towards India, Indo-China, the Ryukyu Islands, the Malesian area, northern Australia and the Pacific, east to Fiji and Tonga.