Pleiogynium timoriense

This semi-deciduous large tree can naturally reach up to 20 m high with a plank buttresses. but in cultivation generally grows to approximately 12 m. It has a dense canopy with glossy dark green leaves 4-10 x 2-6 cm and rough dark bark. Stalk of the terminal leaflet significantly longer than those of the lateral leaflets. The tree has yellowish-green dioecious flowers which flower between January and March and later grow into a fruit. Flower calyx lobes about 0.6-1 mm long with ovate petals, about 1.7-3.8 mm long. Filaments about 1.3-2.3 mm long. The fruit is depressed-obovoid, about 20-25 x 20-38 mm. The fruit's flesh is generally plum colored however, white varieties have been reported. The fruit is edible when ripe.[2]

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Fruit must be removed from tree to ripen for several days in a dark, damp place. Native aboriginals are known to have buried the fruit underground to ripen. Fruit can be cooked, eaten raw or used in jellies, jams and preserves.[3][4][5]

The species occurs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Australia (south-eastern Queensland), the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Tonga[1] at elevations from sea level to 1000 meters. Growing in drier rain forest and monsoon forest[2]

• Netzel, Michael; Netzel, Gabriele; Tian, Qingguo; Schwartz, Steven; Konczak, Izabela (22 November 2006). "Sources of Antioxidant Activity in Australian Native Fruits. Identification and Quantification of Anthocyanins". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 56 (26): 9820–6. doi:10.1021/jf0622735. PMID 17177507.

• "Pleiogynium timoriense (DC.) Leenh". Atlas of Living Australia.
• Media related to Pleiogynium timoriense at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pleiogynium timoriense at Wikispecies