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Scientific name: Lepisanthes fruticosa (Roxb.) Leenh.
Other names: Khom Riang (Trad), Phu Wiang (Nakhon Ratchasima), Mah Thao Phak Tao (Northern Region), Huat Khao Yai Phu Wiang (Northeastern Region), Cham Ma Liang, Cham Ma Liang Ban, Phum Riang, Phum Riang Suan (Central Region).
Family name : SAPINDACEAE
Characteristics: Shrub to small tree, up to 8 meters tall. Leaves are feather-like. The leaves are oval to obovate, 2-8 cm wide, 9-30 cm long, with a pointed, blunt tip. The leaf base is smooth. The leaf surface is smooth, with leaf ears spread out into sheets, almost circular in shape, 2-3.5 cm wide, arranged in a spiral, overlapping. At the base of the leaf stalk near the tip of the shoot, the flowers are creamy white in hanging clusters, up to 75 cm long, with separate genders. Flowers are 5-7 mm wide. 4 secondary petals, almost round in shape, 4 petals, 5-8 stamens, ovary. There are 2 compartments, the fruit is oval to oval shaped. Purple-black to reddish The smooth surface usually has 2 seeds.
Distribution : Southeast Asia. To Indonesia Thailand found mostly in the southeastern and southern regions along forest edges or along streams at elevations up to 1,000 meters.
Flowering period : June-December
Benefits : The ripe fruit is edible. It has a sweet taste and a purple color from the fruit. Used in food.
- 1. Young
leaves and young shoots can be used to
make curry with mixed vegetables
(cha-om, salid, sae, nang haak), make
liang curry, add grilled fish, or use as
fresh vegetables dipped in chili paste.
Or boil it and eat it with mango chili
paste. Pickled fish chili paste or
salad
2. Ripe fruit has a sweet and astringent taste. Can be eaten as fruit. (But be careful of the worms.) But before eating the fruit, it should be gently rolled all over the fruit. This will help reduce the astringent taste somewhat, and information from the Thai Wikipedia states that As a result, if you eat too much, it can cause constipation. - 3. The results can be used to make “Maliang juice” which has the following ingredients: Take 1 cup of ripe jasmine, 1/3 cup of syrup, 1 teaspoon of salt and another 1 and a half cups of boiled water. The first method is to select large and ripe jasmine fruits, wash them thoroughly, put them in a container, add boiled water. go down a little Then crush the seeds from the flesh. Add the remaining water. Strain and remove seeds and shells. After that, add syrup and salt to finish. You will get purple jasmine juice and taste the flavor as you like.
- 4. The purple color
obtained from the fruit can be used as a
food coloring.
5. Can be grown as an ornamental plant. Because the leaves are dark green all year long. When new leaves emerge, they will be a bright light yellow-green. The results are colorful and beautiful. It is popularly planted in general orchards. Or use it to plant for home gardening. According to government offices Or it can be grown as a food plant for wildlife in protected forests.
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