Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.Close-up of fruits. Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr. Phyllanthaceae, also placed in Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Taruk manis, Asin-asin, Cekur manis], Star-gooseberry. Native to China, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines). Cultivated as vegetables. In folk medicines, paste prepared from pounded leaves and applied to nipples and areolas of lactating mothers to increase milk.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33189en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropus_androgynus
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Rind normally split into three-cloves along the natural fissures. Arils rather opaque and well-cladded, held pendulous by the fruit stalk; appealing taste - sweet with a tint of sour. Baccaurea macrocarpa (Miq.) Mll. Arg. Phyllanthaceae; also placed in Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay - Tampoi, Merkeh, Ngeke], Greater tampoi. Native to Malesia ecozone (Indonesia - Kalimantan, Sumatra and Malaysia). Forest understorey species; cauliflory. Fruit edible and sweet; quite a rarity and sold in the hinterland stalls during the fruiting seasons.Synonym(s):Baccaurea griffithii Hook. f.Pierardia macrocarpa Miq.Baccaurea borneensis Mll. Arg. Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?312573211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/search01_view.jsp?rno=69...