Protium serratum Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Protium

Characteristics

Trees deciduous. Branchlets densely yellow pubescent, gray pubescent when old. Leaflets 5-9; petiolules 5-13 mm; blades oblong or ovate-oblong, 7-10 × 2.5-4.5 cm, papery or rigidly papery, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin serrulate or sometimes entire, apex acute or caudate-acuminate; lateral veins prominent on both surfaces, ± densely pubescent. Panicles axillary, 6-14 cm, densely pubescent. Flowers light green; pedicel ca. 2 mm. Sepals less than 1 mm. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. Drupe nearly ovoid to globose, ca. 1 cm in diam., persistent style oblique, glabrous; pyrenes 2 or 3. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun.
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A medium sized tree. It can lose its leaves during the year. It grows to 20-30 m tall. The trunk can be 30-40 cm across. The crown of the tree in large and round. The leaves are feather like and compound. There are 5-9 leaflets that are pointy at the tip. The bases are unequal. There can be teeth along the edge. The leaves turn red before falling off. The flowers are small and green. They are in short branching clusters. There are 4-5 petals. The fruit are on thick stalks. The fruit are almost round and 2-3 cm across. They are red or bright pink when ripe. The fruit are sour-sweet and edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It mostly grows between 200 to 1000 m altitude in North Vietnam. It is usually along river banks. It is more common on deep sandy or loamy soil. It grows in moist forests. In Yunnan.
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Montane sparse or dense woods; at elevations from 600-1,000 metres. Forests, usuallu along the sides of streams. Moist evergreen and deciduous forests in Thailand.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are sour or acidic but eaten raw and also used for pickles.
Uses fodder material medicinal seasoning wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Cholera (unspecified), Rinderpest (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Protium serratum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128418-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229988
COL ID 6VZ4K
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Limonia pentagyna Tingulonga serrata Schinus benghalensis Schinus saheria Icica bengalensis Bursera serrata Icica indica Protium serratum Schinus niara