…It is closely related to the maple family and the horse chestnut family, and together with them forms the Sapindales order. The lychee and longan of southern China, the rambutan of Southeast Asia, and the akie ( Blighia sapida Koenig) of West Africa are widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions because the fleshy arils around the seeds are edible. There are few useful timber species in this family, but the timber of Pometia pinnata Forst., which is widespread 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. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Blighia sapida" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…カエデ科,トチノキ科などと近縁で,これらとともにムクロジ目Sapindalesを形成する。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。… ※「Blighia sapida」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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