taining a sufficient supply to meet his requirements. 
Marketing facilities of both rambaiin Malaya and hapun- 
dung in Java are very poor, and the producer is entirely 
at the mercy of the buyer. 
In Malaya, rambai is becoming increasingly popular, 
as shown by the results of two surveys of fruit produc- 
tion: one by Olds in the Malacca Territory in 19338 
(Table IL); the other by Jolly in Pahang in 1982 (Table 
IIL). The popularity of rambai fruit is shown in the two 
tables. Even so, rambaz is still far inferior to rambutan 
and durian. 
TABLE II 
The ten commonest fruits in Malacca 
; | No. of holdings on which 
Name of Fruit 
represented 
Coconut 153 
Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) 156 
Durian (Durio Zibethinus) 123 
Banana 116 
Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana) 112 
Jack fruit 97 
Langsat (Lansium domesticum) 93 
Bachang (Mangifera sp.) 82 
Rambai (Baccaurea Motleyana) 79 
Mango 67 
NutrItioNaAL VALUE OF THE FRUIT 
Although it has been stated that eating hapundung in 
large quantities causes vomiting (Parkinson, 1928) and 
that the fruit of pupor (Baccaurea sapida) should be 
eaten with caution (Parkinson, |.c.), no toxie properties 
due to alkaloids or similar chemical constituents have 
been recorded for these fruits. Vomiting caused by eat- 
ing too much of the fruit is due probably to high acid 
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