Taxon: Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Argus pheasant-tree   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• Drachenapfel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• dao   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: fruit   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide F Males)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [e.]
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 188. [= Dracontomelum mangiferum].
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 2:327.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dracontomelon dao.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dracontomelon dao.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Dracontomelon dao.

Synonyms:

• (=) Comeurya cumingiana Baill.
  
• (=) Dracontomelon cumingianum (Baill.) Baill.
  
• (=) Dracontomelon edule (Blanco) Skeels
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Dracontomelon mangiferum (Blume) Blume
  
• (≡) Paliurus dao Blanco (basionym)
  
• (=) Paliurus edulis Blanco
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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