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Baccaurea pubera (Miq.) Müll.Arg.

Family Name: Phyllanthaceae
Synonyms: Baccaurea elmeri Merr., Baccaurea latifolia King ex Hook.f., Baccaurea puberula Merr., Pierardia pubera Miq.
Common Name: Tampoi, Kunkurad, Paih, Sebenggang, Puak, Tampui

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Classifications and Characteristics

Plant Division Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form Tree
Lifespan (in Singapore) Perennial
Mode of Nutrition Autotrophic
Maximum Height 20 m

Biogeography

Native Distribution Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatera
Native Habitat Terrestrial (Primary Rainforest)
Preferred Climate Zone Tropical
Local Conservation Status Native to Singapore (Presumed Nationally Extinct (NEx))

Description and Ethnobotany

Growth Form Grows up to 20 m tall with about 40 cm in diameter. Its bole is sometimes fluted and has buttresses. It has hairy branchlets.
Foliage Leaves upper surface dark brown to black while lower surface yellowish-brown when dry; hairy on both upper and lower surfaces, lamina elliptic, 13-36 by 5-15 cm, texture papery to leathery; petiole 3-13 cm long, hairy; stipule 5-11 by 4-8 mm, hairy, ciliated margin; base round to attenuate; apex acuminate and 4-10 mm long. 
Flowers Staminate inflorescence: axillary, 1-3 in a cluster, 0.5 to 16 cm long, hairy, flowers are along inflorescence; bracts 1 per every branchlet, triangular to lanceolate, hairy, margin ciliated. Staminate fowers are 1 - 3 mm in diameter, colour lime-green or whitish-yellow or pale green, hairy, sepals about 4 or 5, ovate-obovate shape, stamens 4 or 5, glabrous.  Pistillate inflorescence: borne on stems, stigmas caducous but sepals persistent. Pistillate flowers have 5 sepals, yellow. 
Fruit Shape globose to pear-like, 5 or 6 seeds, brown to pale yellow, fleshy, hairy on the outside, almost glabrous inside, pericarp thickness of 2-5 mm.
Etymology Pubera means hairy in Latin.
Ethnobotanical Uses Edible Plant Parts : Edible Fruits

Fauna, Pollination and Dispersal

Fauna Pollination Dispersal Associated Fauna Bird-Attracting
Pollination Method(s) Biotic (Fauna)
Seed or Spore Dispersal Biotic (Fauna)

Plant Care and Propagation

Light Preference Full Sun
Water Preference Moderate Water
Plant Growth Rate Moderate
Rootzone Tolerance Heavy Clay Soils
Propagation Method Seed

Foliar

Mature Foliage Colour(s) Green
Mature Foliage Texture(s) Papery, Leathery
Foliar Type Simple / Unifoliate
Foliar Arrangement Along Stem Alternate
Foliar Attachment to Stem Petiolate
Foliar Shape(s) Non-Palm Foliage (Ovate, Obovate, Elliptical)
Foliar Venation Pinnate / Net
Foliar Margin Entire, Ciliate / Hairy
Foliar Apex - Tip Acuminate
Foliar Base Rounded / Obtuse, Attenuate
Typical Foliar Size 10 cm to 35 cm

Non - Foliar and Storage

Bark Colour(s) When it is fresh, the bark is pale-brown to grey, turning to brown or brown-red  when dry; the inner bark is reddish-brown.
Mature Bark Texture Smooth

Floral (Angiosperm)

Flower & Plant Sexuality Unisexual Flowers , Dioecious
Flower Colour(s) Green - Light Green, White
Flower Grouping Cluster / Inflorescence
Flower Location Axillary
Flower Colour(s) Remarks lime green to pale green, or whitish yellow

Fruit, Seed and Spore

Mature Fruit Colour(s) Brown
Mature Fruit Texture(s) Hairy / Hirsute
Fruit Classification Simple Fruit
Fruit Type
Seed Description Globose to ellipsoidal shaped, flattened, yellow to orange arillode;, brown seed coat.

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Master ID 32585
Species ID 6997
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Species record last updated on: 18 July 2023.
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