國立自然科學博物館

大葉山欖
Palaquium formosanum Hayata 山欖科 Sapotaceae
Coral Atoll, Littroal Forest

 

 

 

Palaquium formosanum is a large evergreen tree up to 20m high. Leaves cluster at the ends of branches. They are thickly coriaceous, and ovate-oblong, shiny dark green above. Flower corolla is pale yellowish. Fruit is edible. The plant is seen in strand forests in the north and south of Taiwan and on Is. Lanyu.