in diameter, the ovary pubescent, the styles very short. 
The fruits, produced in great abundance, are about 2-4 
cm. in diameter, buff-colored, with a smooth and thin 
rind, indehiscent. Within there are three to one green 
seeds enclosed in a translucent white pulp. 
The rambai is widely cultivated throughout the Malay 
Peninsula, Sumatra, Kalimantan (Borneo), Java, and 
Bali. The species is native to the Malay Peninsula and 
Sumatra: the dates of its introduction to Java and Bah 
are uncertain. According to Macmillan (1949), 1t was 
introduced to Ceylon in 1888. The rambai, besides being 
planted as a fruit tree, is a favorite ornamental due to 
its bushy and symmetrical shape, which, when planted 
ina lawn or garden, offers a bold and pleasing outline. 
As in the other cultivated species, there is a considerable 
variation in the quality of the fruit, from rather acid to 
sweet and very palatable. 
». Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw.) Muell.-Arg. in 
DC., Prodr., 15(2): 461. 1866. 
Synonym: Cocecomelia racemosa Reinw., Catal. Gew. 
Buitenzorg: 110. 1828: Prerardia racemosa Bl., 
Bijdr. Fl. Ned.-Indié: 579. 1825. 
Common name: Napundung. 
Plates IX, X, XI, XIII. 
A medium-sized tree, 15-25 m. tall, 25-70 em. in 
diameter, with the trunk rather straight, often with but- 
tresses, and its crown dense and irregular (Plate NI). 
The twigs, petioles, the undersides of the leaves, and 
outer part of stipules are covered with very short, ap- 
pressed hairs when young, but they are soon glabrescent 
or glabrous. The leat-blades are 7-18.5 cm. long, 8-7.5 
cm. broad, ovate-oblong or obovate (Plate NIITT), acu- 
minate to obtuse, and basally broadly or narrowly cune- 
ate, the margin quite entire, often provided with many 
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