Flowers are tiny pinkish.
The fruits are large and look like cannon- or bowling-balls! Inside are a few irregularly shaped nuts arranged like a puzzle.
It has buttress roots. Doesn't have pencil like roots.
The timber is used to build boats and make furniture. Bark dyes used on cloths.
Links to more about Nyireh
from the Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore
Nyireh bunga (Xylocarpus granatum)
This is rare
Nyireh batu (Xylocarpus moluccensis)
1 comment:
Hi, I would just like to know if the fruit of the Xylocarpus is edible for humans? I've read that some turtles can eat it. Thanks.z
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