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Hydnocarpus annamensis
Hydnocarpus annamensis is a tree in the Achariaceae family. It is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, southern Yunnan and southern Guangxi in Zhōngguó/China. It is threatened by habitat loss. The plant produces low-quality wood and its fruit are used in traditional medicine.
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Description
H. annamensis is an evergreen tree, some 7-30m tall, with gray-brown bark. Leaves are either obovate, elliptic-long or oblong-lanceolate, some 17–35 cm by 7–12 cm. The flowers are either solitary or in 2's or 3's, greenish, appearing April to May in China. The berry is reddish or brownish, seeds numerous, fruit appears December to January in China.
Range & habitat
The species grows in secondary formations in Cambodia. In Vietnam, the tree is common and found in primary broad-leaved closed forest in seasonally flooded stream valleys and very steep rocky slopes of isolated limestone mountains at 400–500 elevation. It occurs on moist mountain slopes and thickets along streams in China.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
At the table
The wood is regarded as 3rd class (low quality) in Cambodia, and is used to make charcoal and short-lasting constructions. In China, the fruit are harvested for their medicinal value.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 193581.