Serial no: 484
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Last update: 2024-10-26

ຜັກສະເມັກ
Eugenia
Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & L.M.Perry


Plants
Woody plants
Trees and palms

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Local name:
ໄທ: ເມັກ, ສະເມັດ ( ຈຸນ/ຂາວ/ແດງ) ໄຄຣ່ເມັດ ກຳປູເຈຍ: ສະເມ, ສະມັກໂດມ, ປຣິງຈານ, ປຣິງລາຍ ຫວຽດນາມ: ຊີມຣອງໂຍ, ທຣັມຊາງ ອັງກິດ: eugennia ( Thai: mek, samet (chun/khao/daeng), khrai met Cambodian: sme, smach daum, pring chanh, pring lies Vietnamese: sim rung nho, tram sang English: eugenia)
Synonyms :
Acmena grata (Wight) Walp.
Calyptranthes aromatica Blume [Illegitimate]
Caryophyllus antisepticus Blume
Eugenia antiseptica (Blume) Kuntze
Eugenia collinsae Craib
Eugenia cuprea Koord. & Valeton [Illegitimate]
Eugenia glaucicalyx Merr.
Eugenia grata Wight
Jambosa aromatica Miq.
Myrtus quadrangularis Buch.-Ham. ex Duthie
Syzygium glaucicalyx (Merr.) Merr.
Syzygium gratum (Wight) S.N.Mitra
Syzygium gratum var. confertum Chantaran. & J.Parn.
Syzygium ovatifolium Merr. & L.M.Perry
Family:
Myrtaceae
Close relatives:
Description:
Ecology
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Endemism in Laos:
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IUCN status :
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Lao official status :
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Use
Use types:
Food
Comments on use types:

This plant’s shoots and young leaves have a sour tannin-like taste and are eaten raw with laap (meat salad) or served blanched. Phak samek is probably the most popular forest vegetable in Laos and northeast Thailand. The bark is also used in preparing fish to give it a tannin-like taste, and in cleaning wounds. The bark of samek, like the bark of kadon (Barringtonia), gives a yellow-pink dye that later turns black

Domestication:
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Nutrition
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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:
NAFRI, NUoL, SNV. 2007. Non - Timber forest products in the Lao PDR. A Manmual of 100 Commercial and Traditional products. The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Insititute.
Phetlasy Souladeth and Amornrat Prajaksood. 2012. Myrtaceae in Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, Lao PDR. Proceedings: 1st ASEAn plus Three Graduate Research Congress
S. Tagane et al. 2018. Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Indochina and Thailand. Phytotaxa 375(4):247-260.
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