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Pangium edule
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Pangium edule

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Also known as rowal, football fruit

Pangium is a genus in the family Achariaceae containing the sole species Pangium edule, a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). It produces a large poisonous fruit (the "football fruit" or pangi) which can be made edible by fermentation. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyAchariaceae
Observations recorded1,017

Pangium edule – gatunek drzewa zaliczany do rodziny Salicaceae lub Achariaceae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
634
With media
428
Family
Achariaceae
Collections
NY, US, MICH
Recorded in
Federated States Of Micronesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Palau, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Federated States Of

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
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taxon name
Pangium edule
taxon rank
species
Commons gallery
Pangium edule
Commons category
Pangium edule
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon common name
黑羹树
short name
P. edule
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Cultivation
  • Uses
  • Nutrition
  • References

Pangium is a genus in the family Achariaceae containing the sole species Pangium edule, a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). It produces a large poisonous fruit (the "football fruit" or pangi) which can be made edible by fermentation. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.

The taxonomy of the tree is uncertain, and it may also be classed in the Flacourtiaceae or the Violales.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pangium edule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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