Scutinanthe brevisepala

Family: Burseraceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 25-35 m tall. The trunk is 55 cm across. The fruiting shoots are 5 cm long. The fruit are 1.5 cm long by 0.9 cm wide. It can have buttresses 3 m tall. The leaves have up to 5 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are broadly oval to sword shaped and 5-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide or larger. The flowers are in the axils of leaves on short shoots. The flowers are 4 mm long. The fruit are oval and 2-3 cm long by 1.5-1.8 cm wide. They have 1 seed.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua, SE Asia

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit ?

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Dacryodes papuana Husson;