Sapindaceae FAMILY

Nephelium uncinatum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nephelium uncinatum is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 25 metres tall, with some reports of trees up to 40 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole is up to 45cm in diameter, with buttresses up to 150cm high[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated locally as a fruit crop.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA mid-canopy tree in primary and sometimes old secondary forests, mainly on hill slopes and ridges on well-drained soils, rarely in swamp; mostly on sandy soils; at elevations up to 330 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].