Willughbeia edulis
| Willughbeia edulis | |
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| Willughbeia edulis, known as Kouy fruit, for sale in Cambodia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Willughbeia |
| Species: | W. edulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Willughbeia edulis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Willughbeia edulis[2] is a vine species bearing tropical fruit in the family Apocynaceae.
Taxonomy[edit]
Its species epithet edulis comes from Latin which means "edible".[3] In fact, it is one of the rare climbing plants of Southeast Asia of which the fruits are eatable.[4]
Description[edit]
It is a yellow sour edible fruit found in: India, Indo-China (Cambodia, Myanmar, and Isan (northeastern) with Chanthaburi Province of Thailand[5] as well as Vietnam) include Peninsular Malaysia. It may be known under a number of synonyms including "Willughbeia cochinchinensis".[6]
After its reddish lenticelled stems are excised, they exude a milky latex which produces a rubber called chittagong.[7] The roots can be used as a red dye[8] and it may be used medicinally in parts of Asia including Cambodia.
Vernacular names[edit]
Local names include: kuy (គុយ) in Cambodia; gedraphol, laleng-tenga, bel-tata in India; dton-kuy (ต้นคุย), kuiton (เถาคุย), kreua (เครือ), and katong-katiew (กะตังกะติ้ว) in Thai; bak yang-pa (บักยางป่า) in Isan dialect.[5][8] talaing-no in Myanmar; and guồi in Vietnamese.[9]
Kubal madu in Indonesia refers to a similar edible relative, W. sarawacensis.
References[edit]
- ^ "Willughbeia edulis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Roxburgh W (1820) Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 77.
- ^ Wiart, Christophe (2006-06-19). Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific. CRC Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4200-0680-3.
- ^ Kurz, Sulpiz (1877). Forest Flora of British Burma. Office of the superintendent of government printing. p. 162.
- ^ a b "เจษฎาโอ้โฮ : บักยางป่า" [Jessada Oho : bak yang-pa]. Channel 7 HD (in Thai). 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Kuy fruit
- ^ Wiart, Christophe (2006-06-19). Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific. CRC Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4200-0680-3.
- ^ a b "??ع??-->??ع?ôͷ???". www.samunpri.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
- ^ http://www.foodplantsinternational.com/index.php?sec=plants&page=simple_info&plantid=17519&nocache=1 Food Plants International Helping the Hungry Feed Themselves