Is this a baccaurea? (forum)

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I bought this tree today but don't know what it is.

Is it a baccaurea angulata?


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Time: 2nd September 2015 10:03pm

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1. Chammaliang (Lepisanthes fruticosa Leenh)

The synonyms of this species are Otophora cambodiana Pierre, Otophora fruticosa Blume, and Otophora resecta Radlk.

Chammaliang belongs to the Sapindaceae family. It is found distributed in Thailand, Myanmar and Indo-China. It is mostly found growing as a home garden plant, and is only occasionally cultivated.

1.1 Vernacular names

There is no English name for this species. Mojowontu (Indonesia); setengok (Malaysia); linaunau (Tagalog), buli-buli (Bisaya), ara (Ibanag), (Philippines); kandak (Cambodia); kwad khaaz (Laos); and chammaliang, phumriang (central), mathao (north), (Thailand).

1.2 General description

Chammaliang is a shrub or small tree, usually 4-7 m tall. Leaves are usually paripinnate, 1-14-jugate. The leaf is ovate and acute at the apex, 7-21

Time: 3rd September 2015 1:32am

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Today i saw a lepisanthes fruticosa tree for sale but this was the white fruited variety.

On internet i only found this website about it, it looked exactly the same as my red fruit chammaliang tree.

http://photoshare.ru/photo11494660.html

Does anybody know this fruit and is it nice to eat?

Time: 3rd November 2015 10:47pm

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Wayneo0 says...
Did you end up receiving the plant & ss the fruit nice to eat?

Time: 18th June 2016 11:24pm

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Bangkok says...
It's still growing but didn't bloom.

This fruit is not easy to find in Thailand but it grows around some temples according to my wife.

Time: 22nd June 2016 3:27am

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