Pangium edule Reinw. is a tropical tree that grows in Micronesia, Melanesia, and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. The tree is highly poisonous, mostly because of the presence of cyanogenic glucoside (Burkill, 1935). The tree requires many years to mature and the seeds are therefore most frequently harvested from wild trees, as it is not economically […]
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Kluwak Seed (Pangium edule Reinw.)
January 13, 2012Kluwak Picture
January 12, 2012This picture is picung fruit(the fruit of kluwak seed) picture
Kluwak Seed
January 12, 2012Kluwak is the seed of kepayang tree. The trees are commonly found in Malaysia and Indonesia. The seed’s shape looks like a medium-sized stone with hard shell. Its shell’s color is grey-brown and its meat’s color is white when collected fresh. The meat’s color is turned to black after fermentation process. Without adequate pretreatment, such […]