Dracontomelon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Dracontomelon
Species: D. costatum – D. dao – D. duperreanum – D. lenticulatum – D. macrocarpum – D. schmidii – D. vitiense
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Dracontomelon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.

Name

Dracontomelon Blume, 1850

Type not designated.

References

Blume, C.L., Museum Botanicum 1: 231. 1850.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Dracontomelon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Dracontomelon. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Dracontomelon in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Dracontomelon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dracontomelon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Dracontomelon[1] (Vietnamese: chi sấu[2]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, growing mostly in SE Asia and the Pacific islands. The fruit may be used in local cuisine, especially as souring agents.

Species
Dracontomelon vitiense − Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu.

Dracontomelon costatum Blume - Borneo, Sumatra
Dracontomelon dao Merr. & Rolfe (many synonyms) - SE Asia to Solomon Islands
Dracontomelon duperreanum Pierre (syn. D. sinense) - southern China & Vietnam
Dracontomelon laoticum C.M.Evrard & Tardieu
Dracontomelon lenticulatum Wilkinson[3] - New Guinea
Dracontomelon macrocarpum Li - China (Yunnan)
Dracontomelon petelotii Tardieu - northern Vietnam[4]
Dracontomelon schmidii Tardieu - Vietnam
Dracontomelon vitiense Engl. - Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa (Upolu)

Reclassified Species

The following are known synonyms:

Dracontomelon cuspidatum Blume: syn. of Dacryodes rostrata (Bl.) H. J. Lam
D. laoticum Evrard & Tardieu: syn. of Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl.
D. pilosum Seem.: syn. of Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle (Miq.) Mabb.
D. papuanum Lauterb.: syn. of Protium macgregorii (F.M.Bailey) Leenh.
D. multijugum Radlk. (formerly C.DC.): syn. of Toona ciliata var. multijuga (Kurz) Panigrahi & S.C.Mishra

Dracontomelon duperreanum
Culinary Use

The most commonly eaten species is Dracontomelon duperreanum, which produces an edible fruit that is eaten in Cambodia, Vietnam[2] and China. In Vietnamese, the plant is called cây sấu and is a common urban tree in Hanoi; the fruit is called quả sấu. The fruit is used in Vietnamese cuisine both as a souring agent and a candied treat similar to the Japanese umeboshi. The treat is popular among youths. In Chinese, the fruit is called 仁面.

References

Blume, Carl L. von (1850) In: Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio (Blume, ed.), 1 [15]: 230-231.
Phạm Hoàng Hộ (2003) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. II publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
The Plant list (20 January 2018)
GBIF: Dracontomelon petelotii