There are two varieties: one with white flesh, the true 
menteng,; the other with red flesh, the so-called bentjqj 
(Sudanese); both of these have sour and sweet fruits. 
The sweet fruits are much in demand in the markets, 
although they are not yet considered as a table fruit. 
The tree thrives only below an altitude of 500 m., but 
in Javait has been recorded that wild trees can grow in 
an altitude range of 700-1000 m. 
3. Baccaurea dulcis (Jack) Muell.-Arg. in DC., 
Prodr., 15(2): 460. 1866. 
Synonym: Prerardia dulcis Jack. in Trans. Linn. Soce., 
14: 120. 1823. 
Common name: 7yupa. 
Plates X, XI, XIV. 
A small to medium-sized tree, 12-15 m. tall, up to 
50 cm. in diameter, with a strongly fluted trunk and an 
irregular crown, the leaves are crowded at the end of the 
glabrous branches (Plate XI). The leaf-blades are 14-18 
cm. long, 8-18 cm. broad, glabrous, obovate to elliptic 
obovate, rounded with a slightly acuminate apicule, 
basally cuneate, the margin entire; lateral nerves six to 
ten pairs. The petioles are 3-4 cm. long, subtended by 
ovate stipules. This species differs from the former two by 
being monoecious. The male and female inflorescences 
are separated from each other by old, naked branches. 
The male racemes are 6-11 cm. long (Plate XIV), 
farinaceous-pilose throughout, bearing yellowish, fra- 
grant flowers. The sepals are mostly four, the stamens 
six, very short, the rudimentary ovary is concave. The 
female racemes are 5-14 cm. long, bearing four- to five- 
sepaled flowers. The ovary is three-loculed, with three 
papillose, almost sessile stigmas. The fruits are larger than 
those of B. racemosa, measuring 3.5—4 cm. in diameter. 
The species is cultivated only locally in Sumatra(Lam- 
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