Manilkara kaukii

Manilkara kaukii

Taxobox
name = Wongi


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sapotaceae
genus = "Manilkara"
species = "M. kaukii"
binomial = "Manilkara kaukii"
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Wongi, "Manilkara kaukii", is a plant native to north Queensland.

The leaves are rigid, blunt-tipped, dark-green on the upper leaf face, and pale and silky below. The edible orange-red fruit is 3-4 cm long. [ Low,T., "Wild Food Plants of Australia", 1988. ISBN 0-207-16930-6]

Uses

The fruit is reported to be very tasty, and is traditionally eaten by Torres Strait Islanders who travel form isalnd to island to harvest the crop.

References


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