Amboina (Neolamarckia cadamba)

Family: Rubiaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Other common names include burflower-tree, laran, Leichhardt pine, kadam, cadamba, common burflower, jabon, sukhothai, kalempayan, Philippine wonder tree and bangkal. Amboina or Neolamarckia cadamba is a fast-growing tropical and evergreen tree native to South and Southeast Asia that grows up to 45 m tall and 160 cm in trunk diameter. The bole is straight and cylindrical.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

The fruit and inflorescences are reportedly edible. — The fruit and inflorescences are reportedly edible.

Habitat & North American Range

An early-succession species, it grows best on deep, moist, alluvial sites, often in secondary forests along riverbanks and in the transitional zone between swampy, permanently flooded and periodically flooded areas. (Zone 10)