| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Willughbeia edulis Roxb. | |
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Willughbeia edulis is a vine species bearing tropical fruit in the family Apocynaceae.
Taxonomy
Its species epithet edulis comes from Latin which means "edible". In fact, it is one of the rare climbing plants of Southeast Asia of which the fruits are eatable.
Description
It is a yellow sour edible fruit found in: India, Indo-China (Cambodia, Myanmar, and Isan (northeastern) with Chanthaburi Province of Thailand as well as Vietnam) include Peninsular Malaysia. It may be known under a number of synonyms including "Willughbeia cochinchinensis".
After its reddish lenticelled stems are excised, they exude a milky latex which produces a rubber called chittagong. The roots can be used as a red dye and it may be used medicinally in parts of Asia including Cambodia.
Vernacular names
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. talaing-no in Myanmar; and guồi in Vietnamese.
Kubal madu in Indonesia refers to a similar edible relative, W. sarawacensis.
References
- "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "??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
External links
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