Phakhaolao Species Database

Serial no: 42

Status: Basic

Last update: 2024-10-26

ໝາກຈອງບານ
Malva Nut
Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne

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Local name:

ໄທ: ພຸງທະລາຍ, ຊໍາຣອງ. ກໍາປູເຈຍ: ກລາບຈີ່ລີ່ງລິກ, ຊໍຣອງ, ຊໍາຣັງສີເປວ, ສົມວັງ, ສົມຣັງສວາ ຈີນ: ຕາໄຮເສດ, ຕູໄຊບ່ອຍ, ແປນດາໄລ ຫວຽດນາມ: ອວ່າຍ, ອານນາມຕູ, ເດບາຍຕູ, ເຮືອງດາວ ອັງກິດ: Malva nuts ( Local names: mak chong ban, crap chi ling leak Thai: pungtalay, sam rong Cambodian: crap chi ling leak, som rong, samrang si phle, som vang, somrong sva Chinese: ta hai tzeh, tou shai hoi, pandahai Vietnamese: uoi, an nam tu, dai hai tu, huong dao English: malva nuts )

Synonyms :

Carpophyllum macropodum Miq.
Firmiana borneensis Merr.
Scaphium borneense (Merr.) Kosterm.
Sterculia macropoda (Miq.) Hook. ex Kloppenb.

Family:

Malvaceae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology

Global distribution:

N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:

N/A

Invasiveness :

N/A

IUCN status :

Least concern

Lao official status :

N/A

Use

Use types:

Food
Medicine

Comments on use types:

Soaked in water, mak chong fruits form a large quantity of gelatine used as a food and medicine against diarrhoea, sore throats, coughs, inflammation, and urinary complaints. A daily dose of this jelly is prepared by soaking four or five seeds in a litre of water, with added sugar. In Singapore it is also made into the dessert cheng t’ng.

Domestication:

N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:

N/A

Value chains:

N/A

Nutrition

Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:

N/A

Nutrient	/100g	Remark
Proteins	N/A	N/A
Carbohydrates	N/A	N/A
Fats	N/A	N/A
Vitamins	N/A	N/A
Minerals	N/A	N/A
Fibers	N/A	N/A

References

Photo credits:

References:

NUoL; NAFRI; SNV. 2007. Non-timber forest products in the Lao PDR : a manual of 100 commercial and traditional produce.
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute.
Phạm Hoàng Hộ. 1999. Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Scaphium macropodum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33255A9771604. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33255A9771604.en. Downloaded on 25 January 2019.
Kostermans A.J.G.H. 1959. A Monograph of the Genus Heritiera, Aiton, (Sterculariaceae). Reinwardtia Vol. 4, Part 4, pp 465 - 583

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ໝາກຈອງບານ Malva Nut Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne