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Lepisanthes alata
Java, Borneo, Philippines. Small trees, twigs glabrous, rachis distinctly
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Lepisanthes rubiginosa
kelat layu, mertajam
Small white fragrant flowers, fruit ripening from yellow, red, purple,
to black. Common in K. Baru. |
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Nephelium juglandifolium
rambutan hutan, rambutan pachat
Sumatra, Java, Malaya. Lowland forest.To 30m tall, 3-7 prs leaflets. Fruits slightly flattened ellipsoid. Lat. leaves like the walnut Juglands.
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Nephelium mutabile
pulasan
Like rambutan, but leaflets narrower, dark glossy green above, pale
& glaucous beneath. Crimson to purple fruit with blunt fleshy
spines. Pulp pale yellow, separates cleanly from seed.
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Pometia pinnata
kasai
Sri Lanka, Andamans, S. China. Malesia. Leaf margins dentate, every
other secondary nerve ending in a tooth. Spreading crown. Three forms
recognised, edible fruits, young red foliage. |
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Pometia ridleyi
kasia daun licin
Malaya, Sumatra. Perak, Pahang, NS, Selangor. Large trees to 50 m. Boles with 2 m buttresses, bark dippled brown. Primary forests, hill slopes, by streams. Leaf secondary veins sunken above, looping up without ending at the margins under.
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  Xeropspermum noronhianum Bl.
rambutan pacat, kikir buntal
2 spp, Bangladesh-Indo China. Common in low lying forest in Malaya. To 25m, leaves w/1/2/3 prs opposite leaflets; flat glands above axis of veins or scattered over leaf. Fruit yellow. 2 specimens June 2008.
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