Tropical wild fruit germplasm in Xishuangbanna.
Ren XinJun, Wen Bin, Chen GuiQing
Author Affiliation: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan 666303, China.
Acta Horticulturae Sinica 28 : 7-11
Abstract : The biological characters, including flavour, size, shape, blooming and harvesting time, of 35 fruit-bearing wild species of Garcinia xanthochymus, Baccaurea ramiflora, Docynia delavayi, Ficus auriculata, F. semicordata, Elaeagnus conferta, Canarium album, Nephelium chryseum, Spondias pinnata, Mangifera siamensis [M. indica] and Pouteria grandiflora in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, South Western China, are presented. In addition, the nutritive value and utilization of some important fruits are reported.