Kubal Madu is a vigorous climbing shrub which produces woody stems upto 60 meters long. Stems climb to the top of the trees in forests. Woody shoots attach themselves to other plants by hooked, leafless branchlets. It is a perennial, evergreen woody climber having branches bearing tendrils form from modified inflorescences. Leaves are opposite and distichous on short petioles. Flowers are yellowish-white, pentamerous and actinimorphic. Fruit is a globose, fleshy berry, golden yellow to orangey yellow and indehiscent. Seeds are smooth, ovoid having thin endosperm and thick horny cotyledons and embedded in mucilaginous orangey yellow pulp.
Culinary uses
- The pulp of ripe fruit is consumed raw.
- Make the juice from ripe fruit.
References:
https://www.inetfarms.com/willughbeia_angustifolia.php
http://www.tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Willughbeia+angustifolia
http://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-malesiana/node/14327
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| Kubal Madu Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kubal Madu |
| Scientific Name: | Willughbeia angustifolia |
| Origin | Nicobar Island to Malesia. It is commonly found wild in Borneo (Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah and Indonesian Kalimantan). |
| Colors | Golden yellow to orangey yellow |
| Shapes | Fleshy berry, globose, 1.9-14 by 1.9-14 cm |
| Name | Kubal Madu |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Willughbeia angustifolia |
| Native | Nicobar Island to Malesia. It is commonly found wild in Borneo (Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah and Indonesian Kalimantan). |
| Common/English Name | Pitabu, Kubal Madu, Serapit |
| Name in Other Languages | Kalimantan: Pitabu, Gitak Madu; Sabah: Kabal Madu, Serapit; Sarawak: Kubal Madu, Akar Kubal |
| Plant Growth Habit | Perennial, evergreen woody climber |
| Growing Climate | Tropical |
| Stem | 60 meters long |
| Flower | Pentamerous, yellowish-white |
| Fruit shape & size | Fleshy berry, globose, 1.9-14 by 1.9-14 cm |
| Fruit color | Golden yellow to orangey yellow |
| Seed | Compressed, ovoid, smooth, 1.2-2.4 by 0.6-1.4 by 0.6-1.1 cm |