http://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%... Choerospondias axillaris From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Choerospondias axillaris Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Choerospondias Species: C. axillaris Binomial name Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L.Burtt & A.W.Hill Choerospondias axillaris, known as Lapsi ("candy tree") in Nepal and 南酸枣 in Mandarin (nan2 suan1 zao3), is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to much of Asia from China to India to Japan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy in Nepal. The tree has long been cultivated in rural Nepal for its fruit.[1] The fruit is nutritious and has a price comparable to the mandarin orange on the Nepalese market.[1] This is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 meters tall. The smaller branches are purple-brown in color. The compound leaves are up to 40 centimeters long and divided into 3 to 6 papery oval leaflets each up to 12 by 4.5 centimeters. The tree is dioecious, with male and female trees producing different types of inflorescence. Male flowers occur in long clusters and have curving, brown-veined petals about 3 millimeters long. Female flowers are solitary in leaf axils at the tips of branches. They are larger than the male flowers and yield the edible drupe. Besides fruit, the tree yields valuable wood and hard seeds which are burned for fuel, and has parts used medicinally in Vietnam.[1] [edit] References ^ a b c Poudel, K. C. (2003). Domestication of Lapsi Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) B.L. Burtt & A.W. Hill for fruit production in the middle mountain agroforestry systems of Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 1:1 55-58. [edit] External links Flora of China This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia. This Anacardiaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... Categories: Anacardiaceae | Flora of Nepal | Fruit | Anacardiaceae stubs Hidden categories: Articles with 'species' microformats | Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Nuttall Encyclopedia Personal tools Log in / create account Namespaces Article Discussion Variants   Views Read Edit View history Actions   Search Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Español 日本語 中文 नेपाली This page was last modified on 24 April 2011 at 09:30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Contact us B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80

fat beast · Apr 28, 2011 8:36 PM

Choerospondias axillaris, known as Lapsi ("candy tree") in Nepal and 南酸枣 in Mandarin (nan2 suan1 zao3), is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to much of Asia from China to India to Japan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy in Nepal. The tree has long been cultivated in rural Nepal for its fruit.[1] The fruit is nutritious and has a price comparable to the mandarin orange on the Nepalese market.[1] This is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 meters tall. The smaller branches are purple-brown in color. The compound leaves are up to 40 centimeters long and divided into 3 to 6 papery oval leaflets each up to 12 by 4.5 centimeters. The tree is dioecious, with male and female trees producing different types of inflorescence. Male flowers occur in long clusters and have curving, brown-veined petals about 3 millimeters long. Female flowers are solitary in leaf axils at the tips of branches. They are larger than the male flowers and yield the edible drupe. Besides fruit, the tree yields valuable wood and hard seeds which are burned for fuel, and has parts used medicinally in Vietnam.[1]

sanjeevstha · Apr 28, 2011 8:40 PM

 thanks

maxpayne · Apr 29, 2011 1:27 AM

i think the common name is "Hog Plum"  , thats what he might be looking for,  not the morphology

dHwasE · Apr 29, 2011 11:33 AM

Hog Plum is not a lapsi.

Stiffler · Apr 29, 2011 11:50 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/i...

dHwasE · Apr 29, 2011 12:38 PM

http://www.fruitipedia.com/hog...

Stiffler · Apr 29, 2011 12:47 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... its just the conflicting names, they are in the hog plum category , lapsi will be closest to indian hog plum, and i have seen some ppl using "nepali hog plum" either

dHwasE · Apr 29, 2011 1:13 PM

Hmmm..interesting. Funny it says Hog plums are native to America. I will go with your claim then. Hog plum it is.

Stiffler · Apr 29, 2011 1:15 PM

 Hog plum chhain thakkai bhanna mildainna jasto chha. Tara similar hola. Nepali Botanist le naya category banaunu paryo.  Thanks every one.

maxpayne · Apr 29, 2011 3:16 PM