Matoa

Japanese: matoa
Matoa

...Lychee and longan in southern China, rambutan in Southeast Asia, and akie ( Blighia sapida Koenig) in West Africa are widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions because the fleshy arils around the seeds are edible. There are few useful wood species in this family, but the wood of Pometia pinnata Forst., which is widely distributed from Southeast Asia to Polynesia, has recently been imported into Japan in considerable quantities, mainly from New Guinea, and is known as matoa or taung taun. [Ogata Ken]. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "matoa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国南部のレイシおよびリュウガン,東南アジアのランブータン,西アフリカのアキーa kee Blighia sapida Koenigなどは,種子のまわりの肉質の仮種皮が食べられるので,熱帯~亜熱帯で広く栽培される。木材が有用なものはこの科には少ないが,東南アジアからポリネシアに広く分布するPometia pinnata Forst.の材は最近おもにニューギニア地域からかなり多く日本に輸入され,マトアmatoaまたはタウンtaunの名で知られる。【緒方 健】。…

※「matoa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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