Mangifera gedebe | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Genus: | Mangifera |
Species: | M. gedebe
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Binomial name | |
Mangifera gedebe | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Mangifera gedebe is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [3] In Javanese it is known as kedepir, [4] in Malay repeh, [5] in Sumatra it has been called gedepir, and in Kalimantan asam rambang or kepi. [4] It is a tree, and can grow up to 30 metres tall and up to 60 centimetres diameter, though it usually grows to about 15 metres tall and 45 centimetres diameter at breast height. [6] The elliptic to oblong-shaped leaves are somewhat leathery in texture and 5 to 23 cm in length and 2 to 6 cm in width. The flowers are white, and have five stamens, of which only one is fertile. It produces obliquely subrotund drupes as fruit, these are 8 to 9 cm in diameter and have a thin layer of fibrous flesh. The seeds, like a walnut, have a very irregularly lobed and folded surface. [4]
It grows in lowlands on river banks or in swamp forests. The flowers appear from June to September, the fruits from August to November. [4]
It is sometimes grown locally for the fruit. The drupes are very sour, and they are only edible when unripe, as when ripe the pulp is too scanty and hard. [4]
A 1991 book, based on information from 1985, states that the species is rare and urgently requires conservation in eastern Borneo; [4] in 2014, the species's conservation status on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was assessed as ' near threatened'. [1]
Mangifera gedebe | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Genus: | Mangifera |
Species: | M. gedebe
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Binomial name | |
Mangifera gedebe | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Mangifera gedebe is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [3] In Javanese it is known as kedepir, [4] in Malay repeh, [5] in Sumatra it has been called gedepir, and in Kalimantan asam rambang or kepi. [4] It is a tree, and can grow up to 30 metres tall and up to 60 centimetres diameter, though it usually grows to about 15 metres tall and 45 centimetres diameter at breast height. [6] The elliptic to oblong-shaped leaves are somewhat leathery in texture and 5 to 23 cm in length and 2 to 6 cm in width. The flowers are white, and have five stamens, of which only one is fertile. It produces obliquely subrotund drupes as fruit, these are 8 to 9 cm in diameter and have a thin layer of fibrous flesh. The seeds, like a walnut, have a very irregularly lobed and folded surface. [4]
It grows in lowlands on river banks or in swamp forests. The flowers appear from June to September, the fruits from August to November. [4]
It is sometimes grown locally for the fruit. The drupes are very sour, and they are only edible when unripe, as when ripe the pulp is too scanty and hard. [4]
A 1991 book, based on information from 1985, states that the species is rare and urgently requires conservation in eastern Borneo; [4] in 2014, the species's conservation status on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was assessed as ' near threatened'. [1]