Jeniang, Kedah, MalaysiaSCALY BARK AND PEELING (KULIT BERSISIK DAN LEKANG) NO BUTTRESS.
Mangifera quadrifida Jack ex Wall. Anacardiaceae. CN:[Malay - Buah Asam Kumbang; Borneo vernacular names - Asam putarum, Asem kumbang, Asem paoh, Asem rawa, Baab, Damaran, Rancha rancha, Rawa-rawa biasa, Rawa-rawa pipit]. Indigenous to Malesia region lowland forests up to ca 900m. Plant can grow to a gigantic more than 50 meters height and now quiet a rarity. Fruit flesh is yellow, with a sour but tasty flavor that is often used locally for pickles, eaten raw with chillies and prawn paste and soy-sauce. Rind purplish-mottled, resinous but easily removed using bare hands.Synonym(s):
Mangifera langong Miq.
Mangifera longipetiolata King
Mangifera maingayi Hook.f.
Mangifera quadrifida var.
spathulaefolia (Bl.) Engl.
Mangifera rigida Bl.
Mangifera spathulaefolia Bl.Ref. and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2362643www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?23357www.asianplant.net/Anacardiaceae/Mangifera_quadrifida.htm