Baccaurea ramiflora
Common Name:- Burmese grape
Vernacular name:- Kusum gutti, bir etc(Arunachal Pradesh)
Family: – Phyllantaceae
description
Burmese grape is an evergreen tree with a dense, spreading crown usually growing 10 – 15 metres tall but exceptionally sometimes up to 25 metres. The usualy crooked bole, which can be up to 40cm in diameter, sometimes has buttresses.
The tree is valued locally for its edible fruit which are collected by the tribals from nearby forest. It is intercropped with other tropical fruits like durian, rambutan, and mango in countries like Myanmar & Thailand. It is also planted as an ornamental and to provide shade.
It can be found in southern China, India(Northeast) , Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. Locals of Arunachal Pradesh use to named it in a different way. To consume the fruit, one is advised to break the fruit open with the fingers and peel the skin. The pulp is then eaten directly and usually the seeds are also swallowed. Eating more than small quantities may cause vomiting. They can be of various colours from yellowish, pinkish to bright red.
medicinal_value
The fruit is used to treat skin diseases. The sap of the fresh bark, the bark, roots and wood are all used medicinally. Note that I have no specific information on this species, but the bark of several members of this genus is used to relieve eye inflammation.
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