Elaeocarpus angustifolius

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Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume

fruits
Ordre Oxalidales
Famille Elaeocarpaceae
Genre Elaeocarpus

2n =

Origine : Asie du Sud

sauvage ou cultivé

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Résumé des usages
  • bois d'œuvre
  • fruit comestible
  • médicinal : écorce, feuilles, graines
  • ornemental
  • arbre d’ombrage
  • noyaux : perles


Description

Noms populaires

français
anglais Indian oil-fruit, radrak (Mansfeld) ; blue marble tree, blue quandong, bracelet tree,
blue fig (Flowers of India) ; bead tree, genitri, Indian oil-fruit (PROSEA)
sanscrit नमेरु - nameru, रुद्राक्ष - rudraksh (Flowers of India)
hindi रुद्राक्ष - rudraksh (Flowers of India)
nepali रुद्राक्ष - rudraakshya (Flowers of India)
mizo van-tha-mu-thing (Flowers of India)
Indonésie jenitri, genitri (Java), ganitri (Bali), sima (Makassar) (PROSEA)
Malaysia changkan, geniteri, rijaksa (péninsulaire) (PROSEA) ; genitri (Mansfeld)
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée qozari (Bolinbaneng, province de Morobe) (PROSEA)
Thaïlande mamun dong (nord-est), mun dong, mun khom (nord) (PROSEA)
Vietnam côm lá hẹp (PROSEA)

Classification

Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume (1825).

Cultivars

Histoire

Usages

Also planted in this area. The dried stones of the fruits are commonly used in India for such ornaments as necklaces, hatpins and charms and prayer beads. In India the stones are called radrak or radraksha and used as medicine. Wild distribution: Spontaneously distributed from NE India to W Malaya.

Mansfeld.


Références

  • Corner, E. J. H., 1988. Wayside trees of Malaya. Malayan Nature Soc. Kuala Lumpur. 861 p.

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