Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-622.43.__
Stelechocarpus burahol
Names: Urahol; Kepel; Kepel fruit; Keppel fruit; Kepel apple.
Genus: 4 species.
Region: Southeast Asia, Java, Indonesia.
Habitat: humid evergreen forests.
Culture: symbol of unity and mental and physical integrity; rare, because the belief one would get cursed.
Use: edible fruit; pulp, seed and peel for adsorbent as oral deodorant, reducing the odour of faeces by activating the probiotic bacteria Bifidobacterium bifidum; contraception.
wood for house tools,
Botany
Tree; evergreen.
Leaves: stiff, elliptical, glossy.
Fruit: grow on the the larger, lower branches of the trunk; spicy flavor like mango; greenish-yellow; oval; ± 4 cm long; bright pink or burgundy.