Nephelium cuspidatum Blume belongs to the Sapindaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Nephelium cuspidatum, Buerki, S 359--Sabah. Meliau Basin. Tibou to B. Pongol. 8 Oct 2014. DSC03199 (66).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Nephelium
Specific Epithet
cuspidatum
Authorship
Blume
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#311,491 of 335,497
Top 93%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, Interior (Nabawan)
Location Remarks
Kg. Tampusisan. Sekolah Tampusisan Number One, Growing in the middle of the village (but native). Lowland Dipterocarp forest. 444 m.
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian
Notes
Tree 15-20 m in the middle of the village (but native). Leaves 57 cm long; leaflet 32 cm long; infr: axe 1 ca. 40 cm long, axe 2 46 cm long; fr red, "hair" ca. 12 mm long, red.
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, Interior (Tongod)
Location Remarks
Maliau Basin Conservation Area. Next to the EE complex building. Lowland dipterocarp forest. 261 m elev.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Martin W. Callmander
Identified by
Notes
Tree 10-15m, dbh 10 cm; L. 2-3 jugate, brown to golden indumentum; fr purple to red, spiky, aril fleshy, white.
