Sapindaceae FAMILY
Nephelium maingayi
Nephelium maingayi
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Nephelium maingayi is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 90cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 140cm high[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatPrimary mixed dipterocarp and secondary forest on flat land (often in peat swamps and periodically flooded riverbanks), slopes and ridges; on peat, sandy or low nutrient clays, mostly at low to medium elevations, exceptionally up to 1,000 - 1,600 m[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].