Dracontomelon
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Dracontomelon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew , mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and marula...

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The most commonly eaten species is Dracontomelon duperreanum, which produces an edible fruit that is eaten in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. In Vietnamese, the plant is called cây sấu and is a common urban tree in Hanoi
Hanoi
Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

. and the fruit is called quả sấu. In Chinese, the fruit is called 仁面.

Species

  • Dracontomelon costatum Blume
  • Dracontomelon cuspidatum Blume
  • Dracontomelon dao Merr. & Rolfe (syn. Dracontomelon brachyphyllum Ridl.
    Henry Nicholas Ridley
    Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG , MA , FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. was an English botanist and geologist.Born at West Harling Hall, Norfolk, England...

    , Dracontomelon celebicum Koord., Dracontomelon cumingianum Baill.
    Henri Ernest Baillon
    Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...

    , Dracontomelon edule Skeels, Dracontomelon lamiyo Merr.
    Elmer Drew Merrill
    Elmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...

    , Dracontomelon laxum Schum.
    Karl Moritz Schumann
    Karl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...

    , Dracontomelon mangiferum Blume, Dracontomelon puberulum Miq.
    Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
    Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel was a Dutch botanist.He was head of the botanical gardens at Rotterdam , Amsterdam and Utrecht . He directed the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862...

    , Dracontomelon sylvestre Bl., Dracontomelon sylvestre Blume, Comeurya cumingiana Baill., Paliurus dao Blanco, Paliurus edulis Blanco, Paliurus lamiyo Blanco, Pomum draconum Rumph., Pomum draconum silvestre Rumph., Poupartia mangifera Bl.)
  • Dracontomelon duperreanum Pierre (syn. Dracontomelon sinense Stapf )
  • Dracontomelon laoticum Evrard & Tardieu
  • Dracontomelon lenticulatum Wilkinson
  • Dracontomelon macrocarpum Li
  • Dracontomelon multijugum Radlk. (formerly C.DC.
    Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle
    Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist, the son of Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle....

    )
  • Dracontomelon papuanum Lauterb.
  • Dracontomelon petelotii Tardieu
  • Dracontomelon pilosum Seem.
    Berthold Carl Seemann
    Berthold Carl Seemann 25 February 1825 Hanover, Germany - 10 October 1871 Nicaragua, Central America, was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America....

  • Dracontomelon schmidii Tardieu
  • Dracontomelon vitiense Engl.
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