
Sapotaceae FAMILY Near Threatened
Payena leerii
Payena leerii
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A plant of the lowland moist tropics. Species in this genus will generally grow in a variety of soils.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Payena+leerii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora of Peninsula Malaysia — http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my ↩︎In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants.
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 — Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) · Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. · 2002 · ISBN 983-2181-27-5 ↩︎A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses.
- [4]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
- [5]Indigenous Edible Plants of Sabah — Lee Y.F. & Gibot A. · Forest Research Centre; Sabah, Malaysia. · 1986 ↩︎A list of native edible plants in Sabah, Malaysia.
- [6]Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XV. Payena A. De Candolle — Bruggen A.C. van · 1958 ↩︎Written in 1958, but still the most recent work on the full genus of Payena. Very detailed descriptions, it also includes brief notes on uses when known.
- [7]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [8]Minor Products of Philippine Forests — Brown. W. H. · Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. · 1920 ↩︎A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet.
- [9]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [10]The Philippine Journal of Science. Vol. 4 — Freer P.C. (Editor) · The Bureau of Science, Philippines. · 1909 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A number of articles on Philippine plants, including one on the qualities of Philippine woods.