''Irvingia malayana'', also known as wild almond ( vi, Kơ nia, th, กระบก, km, ចំបក់) or barking deer’s mango, is a tropical evergreen tree species in the family

Irvingiaceae Irvingiaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 13 species in the 3 genera ''Allantospermum'', ''Irvingia'' and ''Klainedoxa''. '' Desbordesia'', formerly accepted is now included in ''Irvingia''. The family is named for the Scottish ...

. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

' is from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

meaning "of Malaya".

Description

''Irvingia malayana'' grows as a large tree up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greyish to whitish. The flowers are greenish white or yellowish. The

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fruits measure up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Irvingia malayana'' grows naturally in Indo-China and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The ...

. Its main habitat is mixed

tropical forest Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical fores ...

s, often associated with

dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...

s, from sea-level to altitude.

Uses

The wood of this tree is used in construction. In Thailand's Roi Et Province it is one of the preferred woods for

charcoal Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, cal ...

,Trees in Paddy Fields in Northeast Thailand
/ref> where its seeds are also valued as food and eaten roasted.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2366477 Irvingiaceae Trees of Indo-China Trees of Malesia Taxa named by Daniel Oliver Taxa named by Alfred William Bennett