(Burm.f.) Merr., Meliaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Risk assessment results: Evaluate, score: 1 (Go to the risk assessment)
Other Latin names: Melia koetjape Burm. f.; Sandoricum indicum Cav.
Common name(s): [more details]
English: kechapi, red santol, sentol, wild mangosteen |
French: faux mangoustan, sandorique |
Pohnpeian: santol |
Tagalog: santol |
Habit: tree
Description: "A fast-growing, straight-trunked , pale-barked tree 50 to 150 ft [15-45 m] tall, branched close to the ground and buttressed when old. Young branchlets are densely brown-hairy. The evergreen, or very briefly deciduous, spirally-arranged leaves are compound, with 3 leaflets, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 4 to 10 in [20-25 cm] long, blunt at the base and pointed at the apex. The greenish, yellowish, or pinkish-yellow, 5-petalled flowers, about 3/8 in [1 cm] long are borne on the young branchlets in loose, stalked panicles 6 to 12 in [15-30 cm] in length. The fruit (technically a capsule) is globose or oblate, with wrinkles extending a short distance from the base, 1 1/2 to 3 in [4-7.5 cm] wide; yellowish to golden, sometimes blushed with pink. The downy rind may be thin or thick and contains a thin, milky juice. It is edible, as is the white, translucent, juicy pulp (aril), sweet, subacid or sour, surrounding the 3 to 5 brown, inedible seeds which are up to 3/4 in [2 cm] long, tightly clinging or sometimes free from the pulp" (Starr, Starr & Loope, 2004; p. 24).
Habitat/ecology: In Hawaii (Maui), spreading from plantations (Starr, Starr & Loope, 2004; p. 24).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: "India to the East Indies" (Starr, Starr & Loope, 2004; p. 24).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei Islands |
Pohnpei Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 112) |
Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
introduced
cultivated |
Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 358) |
Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 128) |
Guam
Guam Island |
Guam Island |
National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1966) (voucher ID: PTBG 23594)
Taxon name on voucher: Sandoricum koetjape |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Maui Island |
introduced
invasive cultivated |
Starr, Forest/Starr, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. (2004) (p. 24)
Vouchers cited: East Maui: Starr & Martz 020130-1 (BISH); West Maui: Oppenheimer & Bartlett H70302 (BISH) |
State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Oahu Island |
Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1974) (voucher ID: BISH 405207)
Taxon name on voucher: Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. |
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Nauru
Nauru Island |
Nauru Island |
introduced
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Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (pp. 169-170)
Not found in 1981, perhaps extinct. |
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Philippines
Philippine Islands |
Philippine Islands |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Philippines
Philippine Islands |
Philippine Islands |
possibly introduced
invasive cultivated |
Merrill, Elmer D. (1923) (p. 361)
Planted and semicultivated, abundant in some second-growth forests. Perhaps an introduced species, but now thoroughly established. |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) |
Singapore
Singapore |
Singapore (Republic of) |
native
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Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 77)
Endangered |
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