Willughbeia sarawacensis
| Willughbeia sarawacensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Willughbeia |
| Species: | W. sarawacensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Willughbeia sarawacensis Pierre (K.Schum.)[1] | |
Willughbeia sarawacensis, commonly known as kubal or kubal madu, is a tropical vine-bearing plant with edible fruit native to Borneo and to the nearby Island of Palawan in the Philippines.[2] The fruit is the shape, size, and color of a grapefruit with a thin melon-like rind and have a concentrated sweet taste comparable to mango, soursop, and pineapple combined. At the government experiment station near Kuching, Sarawak they are grown on elevated platforms and said to start producing in less than two years.
References
- ↑ Willughbeia sarawacensis was originally described and published as Ancylocladus sarawacensis in Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris n.s., 1: 96. 1898. The name Willughbeia sarawacensis was published in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Nachtr. 2: 55. 1900, making A. sarawacensis the basionym of W. sarawacensis. "Willughbeia sarawacensis (Pierre) K.Schum.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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