Dracontomelon vitiense Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Dracontomelon

Characteristics

A medium sized tree. It has buttresses. It grows 8-20 m high. The trunk can be 20-90 cm across. The crown is large and dense. The leaves are divided into leaflets along the stalk. There are 4-9 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 8-15 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are in groups. The flowers are white. The fruit are green or yellow. They are about 3.5 cm across. They have yellowish pulp.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 11.0 - 17.0
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Environment

Occasional in garden and fallow areas, tree groves, and mature fallow forest or open forest; at elevations up to 300 metres.
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A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows from sea level to about 300 m altitude. It grows in dry or open forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked in coconut milk.
Uses food medicinal wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Dracontomelon vitiense world distribution map, present in Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69544-1
WFO ID wfo-0000656381
COL ID 37KTC
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Dracontomelon vitiense