Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen (= Pithecellobium lobatum Benth.)

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 79

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen (= Pithecellobium lobatum Benth.)
status

 

Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C. Nielsen (= Pithecellobium lobatum Benth.)

Names.

Myanmar: tanyin, danyin. English: dog fruit, ngapi nut.

Range.

Believed to have originated, and is widely distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand; also in Bangladesh. Reported from Myanmar.

Uses.

Seed: Used to treat diabetes; eaten, but poisonous in any quantity.

References.

Nordal (1963), Perry (1980).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Archidendron