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Local Names:
Chinag Rai: กูก กอกกุก (guuk, gaawk gook). Nakhon Si Thammarat: กอกเขา (gaawk khao). Karen, Chinag Mai: ไพแซ (phai saae). Shan, Chinag Mai: กอกหมอง (gaawk maawng). Karen, Kanchanaburi: กราไพ้ย ไพ้ย (graa phai, phai). Red Karen: ตะผร่าเหมาะ (dta phraa maw). Lu Mien: มะกอกป่า กอกป่า (ma gaawk bpaa, gaawk bpaa). Tai Lue: มะกอกไทย (ma gaawk thai). Hmong: สือก้วยโหยว (seuu guay wo:hy). Khmu: ตุ๊ดกุ๊ก (dtoot gook). Palaung people: ไฮ่บิ้ง (hai bing).
General Information:
Anbra is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 25 meters tall, though in the cooler parts of its range it can be considerably smaller, and specimens up to 40 meters tall have been recorded from Malaysia. The bole can be free of branches for more than half its height, 30 – 60cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses. [1]Useful Tropical Plants
The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruits, leaves, and flowers, which are consumed locally. It is also sometimes cultivated in home gardens for its fruit. [2]Useful Tropical Plants
Habitat:
East Asia – southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and the Solomon Islands. [3]Useful Tropical Plants
Besides the cultivated state, the plant is found in primary and mixed forests, also in more open, secondary formations, in teak-forest, savannahs, and in dry areas, sometimes on limestone, at elevations from the lowland up to 500 meters. [4]Useful Tropical Plants
Uses:
The leaves are used for flavoring. A sour flavor, they are used in stews. [5]Useful Tropical Plants
Fruit – raw or cooked. It has a sour flavor when green and unripe and is eaten as a vegetable and added to chili relishes or salads. When ripe it has a watery, almost odorless acid taste. The somewhat fibrous pulp is very acidic, even when fully ripe. It can be made into chutneys, stews, pickles, and jams. The fleshy fruit is a yellow-orange, ellipsoid drupe, 27 – 50mm long and 25 – 35mm wide with the seed surrounded by a capsule of intertwined fibers. [6]Useful Tropical Plants
Flower clusters – cooked or in salads. [7]Useful Tropical Plants
The fruit is used as an astringent and antiscorbutic. It is used in the treatment of bilious dyspepsia.
The juice of the fruit is applied against earache. [8]Useful Tropical Plants
The bark is recommended in the treatment of stomach aches and dysentery.
A paste of the bark is applied topically in the treatment of rheumatism and swollen joints. [9]Useful Tropical Plants
The root is considered to be useful in regulating menstruation. [10]Useful Tropical Plants
Other uses:
The wood is soft and deteriorates quickly in the open. It can be used for lower value items such as packing cases, floats, matches and non-ornamental plywood, and is traditionally used for making canoes. The wood is used for moldings, interior finishing, drawers, pulp, matchboxes, boxes,
crates, carvings. It is fairly good for unbleached wood pulp.
The wood makes a poor quality fuel. [11]Useful Tropical Plants
The information on this website has been compiled from reliable sources, such as reference works on medicinal plants. It is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and Thaifoodmaster does not purport to provide any medical advice.
