Pometia pinnata J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Pometia

Family:

Sapindaceae

Subfamily:

Sapindoideae

Nomen number:

102833

Place of publication:

Char. gen. pl. 110, t. 55. 1776

Comment:

for date of publication see New Zealand J. Bot. 51:252-263. 2013

Verified:

01/06/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Euphoria pinnata Poir., nom. inval.

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Reference(s)

Fijian Longan (Pometia pinnata). (on-line resource).
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan. 1993-. Flora of Taiwan, ed. 2.
Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note:
- Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
- http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
Jacobs, M. 1962. Pometia (Sapindaceae), a study in variability. Reinwardtia 6:120.
Royen, P. van et al. 1964-1970. Manual of the forest trees of Papua and New Guinea.
Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):362.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Thomson, L. A. J. & R. R. Thaman. 2006. Pometia pinnata (tava). 1-17. Note: re. edible fruit
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:230.
Whitmore, T. C. et al., eds. 1989. Tree flora of Indonesia, Check list for Kalimantan.

Common names

English
Fijian longan –
kasai –
megan –
taun –
Fijian
ndawa –
tawa –
Indonesian
matoa –
Papuan
obahu –
Samoan
tava –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	India	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Laos
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand		s.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Solomon Islands
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Niue
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Samoa
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Vanuatu
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Wallis and Futuna Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia

Native
Asia-Temperate

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Thailand (s.), Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Pacific

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa

Naturalized
Pacific

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	fide http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Pometia-tava.pdf,	Thomson, L. A. J. & R. R. Thaman. 2006. Pometia pinnata (tava). 1-17. Note: re. edible fruit
Materials	wood	fide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):357. 1993	Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):362.