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Atuna racemosa
3-644.27.00Synonym: Parinarium glaberrimum; Parinari glaberrima.
Spanish: Tabon-tabon.
Region: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and the western Pacific Islands.
Habitat: mixed dipterocarp, undisturbed forests; swamps, along rivers; on hillsides, ridges; sandy to clayey, well-drained soils; elevations up to 400 metres.
Use: medicine; fruit as a putty for caulking canoes; wood for caul, boats, inlay in carvings; seeds for fragrant oil, to scent coconut oil; leafy branchlets to thatch or insulate the outside walls of houses; wood of medium quality,for posts, poles, light construction, canoe spars; leaves for ceremonial decoration of houses; fruits for kinilaw, a local dish of raw fish in vinegar or citrus juices.BotanyTree, mid-canopy; 45 metres tall, often smaller.
Stem: straight, cylindrical; smooth bark is grey to black; 90 cm in diameter; unbranched for 10 metres.
Flowers: blue or white.
Fruits: ellipsoid, roundish or pear-shaped; 7.5 cm long.
Spanish: Tabon-tabon.
Region: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea and the western Pacific Islands.
Habitat: mixed dipterocarp, undisturbed forests; swamps, along rivers; on hillsides, ridges; sandy to clayey, well-drained soils; elevations up to 400 metres.
Use: medicine; fruit as a putty for caulking canoes; wood for caul, boats, inlay in carvings; seeds for fragrant oil, to scent coconut oil; leafy branchlets to thatch or insulate the outside walls of houses; wood of medium quality,for posts, poles, light construction, canoe spars; leaves for ceremonial decoration of houses; fruits for kinilaw, a local dish of raw fish in vinegar or citrus juices.BotanyTree, mid-canopy; 45 metres tall, often smaller.
Stem: straight, cylindrical; smooth bark is grey to black; 90 cm in diameter; unbranched for 10 metres.
Flowers: blue or white.
Fruits: ellipsoid, roundish or pear-shaped; 7.5 cm long.