''Flacourtia rukam'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Salicaceae
The Salicaceae is the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly ...
. It is native to
Island Southeast Asia and
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...
, but has spread into
Mainland Southeast Asia,
India
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, and
Polynesia
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.
[''Flacourtia rukam''.]
Flora of China. It is also cultivated for its edible fruit. Common names include rukam, governor's plum, Indian plum, and Indian prune.
[Lim, T. K. (2013)]
''Flacourtia rukam''.
''Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants'' Volume 5. Springer. pp 776-79.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER).
This species is a tree growing 5 to 15 meters tall. The trunk is lined with thorns up to 10 centimeters long; some cultivated varieties lack thorns. New leaves are red to brown in color. Mature leaves are somewhat oval in shape with toothed edges and up to 16 centimeters long by 7 wide. Racemes of yellow-green male and female flowers occur in the leaf axils. The rounded fruit is about 2 centimeters long and is green, red, or purple in color.
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rukam
Fruits originating in Asia
Taxa named by Heinrich Zollinger
Taxa named by Alexander Moritzi