Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers
A large tree up to 50 m tall and with an umbrella shaped crown of leaves. It often has buttresses at the base. The leaves are hairy and compound with both the leaflets and leaves carried alternately. The leaves come one after the other on opposite sides and have 5 to 7 pairs of leaflets. The leaves are pointed at the end and bluntly pointed at the base. The leaflets have a smooth edge. Young leaves are reddish colour. The flowers are small white, with no smell and carried as several on a stalk. The fruit are yellow and round. The fruit is 2-3 cm across and has 5 flecks around it. There is little edible flesh around a flattened seed.
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest and in valleys up to about 800 m. It occurs in high rainfall areas. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 1,800-2,900 mm. It is common throughout the Philippines at low altitudes. The tree also occurs in other SE Asian countries. They are common from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao in the Philippines.
Common Names: Alauihau, Argus pheasant tree, Basuong, Belgian walnut, Bengkuang, Challigan, Chengkuang, Dahu, Dar, Dau, Djakan, Halowihaw, Jan-mien-tzu, Ka-kho, Kamarag, Ko, Lamio, Ngar-bauk, Ngkung, Paldao, Paya-ngar-su, Peldao, Pohon dahu, Prachao haa, Ra, Rau, Saentaalom, Sakal, Sa-kuan, Sang-kuan, Sarunsab, Sau, Sekuang, Sengkuang, Singkuang, Sorosob, Surgan, Suronsub, Tako, Takuu, Talantjap, Tarosoup, Taw-thit-kya, Tehrengzeb, Ungkawang, Urui, Yun meen
Synonyms:
Comeurya cumingiana Baillon;
Dracontomelon brachyphyllum Ridl.;
Dracontomelon celebicum Koord. [Invalid];
Dracontomelon cumingianum (Baillon) Baillon;
Dracontomelon edule (Blanco) Skeels;
Dracontomelon lamiyo Merr.;
Dracontomelon laxum K. Sch.;
Dracontomelon mangiferum (Blume) Blume;
Dracontomelon mangiferum var. puberulum (Miq.) Engl.;
Dracontomelon mangiferum var. pubescens K. & V.;
Dracontomelon puberulum Miq.;
Dracontomelon sylvestre Blume;
Paliurus dao Blanco;
Paliurus edulis Blanco;
Paliurus lamiyo Blanco;
Pomum draconum Rumph.;
Pomum draconum silvestre Rumph.;
Poupartia mangifera Bl.;