Streblus anthropophagorum

Family: Moraceae

What it is like

A small tree. It grows 10 m high. It has milky sap. There is a cap around the tip of the stems. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are in 2 rows. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 7-24 cm long. The leaves and stems do not have hairs. The male and female flowers are separate on separate trees. The flowers occur as many together in spikes. These occur singly in the axils of leaves. The female spikes can be 11 cm long and the male spikes 4-20 cm long. The fruit is red and oval. They are 8-12 mm long. They contain one large seed.

There are 23 Streblus species. They occur in Asia and the Pacific.

Where it is found

A tropical plant. It grows from sea level to 1600 m altitude.

Countries/locations it is found in

American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Marquesas, Niue, Pacific, Samoa, Tonga

How it is used for food

The leaves are cooked and eaten.

Edible parts

Fruit, leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Ndreiviri, Tolenivia, Rewai, Malavaci, Malawaci, Matimati

Synonyms

Trophis anthropophagorum Seem.; Paratrophis anthropophagorum (Seem.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Paratrophis ostermeyeri Rechinger; Paratrophis taitensis (Bureau) Benth. & Hook.; Paratrophis viridissima Rechinger; Paratrophis zahlbruckneri Rechinger; Caturus oblongatus Seem.; Uromorus anthropophagorum Benth. & Hook.; Uromorus taitensis Bureau;