Tampoi

Tampoi

Baccaurea macrocarpa

Keluarga: Euphorbiaceae

Genera:Baccaurea

Nama sainstifik: Baccaurea macrocarpa

Nama Tempatan: Tampoi, Terai, pekang, Pegak.

Asal dan Taburan: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat:  Banyak di jumpai di hutan jenis dipterocap, paya dan tanah tinggi.

Diskripsi Tumbuhan:

Pokok boleh  mencecah sehingga 29 m tinggi, tidk mempunyai banir, dahan muda kehitaman, kulit gelap ke coklat pucat apabila muda dan kekelabuan-coklat apabila  kering. Daun: daun (10-) 22-145 mm panjang, glabrous untuk jarang berbulu, coklat hingga kehitaman apabila kering, lamina eliptik, keras, bahagian dasar daun cuneate; hujung acuminate, sehingga 20 mm panjang; permukaan atas glabrous. Perbungaan staminate, biasanya bercabang, banyak-bunga, bunga bertaburan di sepanjang jambak, berwrna  kekuningan, jambak buah sehingga 15 cm panjang, 4-6 mm tebal. Buah bentuk  kapsul,  Benih ellipsoid.

Kegunaan: Buahnya boleh dimakan, selain digunakan sebagai pokok hiasan.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Genus: Baccaurea

Scientific name: Baccaurea macrocarpa

Vernacular name: Tampoi, Terai, pekang, Pegak.

Origin and distribution: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat: Mostly in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests, but also in (peat-) swamp, sub-montane and keranga forests up to 1600 m altitude.

Plant description:

Tree up to 29 m high, buttresses absent, young shoots blackish, bark dark to pale  brown when fresh, greyish-brown when dry. Leaves: petiole (10-)22-145 mm long, glabrous to sparsely hairy, brown to blackish when dry, lamina elliptic, leathery to papery; base attenuate to cuneate; apex acuminate to cuspidate, up to 20 mm long; upper surface glabrous, some-times granulate. Staminate inflorescences, usually branched, many-flowered, flowers scattered along inflorescence yellowish, Infructescences up to 15 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. Fruits (sub) globose, fleshy capsules, Seeds globose to ellipsoid, laterally flattened.

Uses: The fruits are edible, sweet-sour. Sold in markets and cultivated in gardens.