Mangifera gedebe

Mangifera gedebe is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae.^[3] In Javanese it is known as kedepir,^[4] in Malay repeh,^[5] in Sumatra it has been called gedepir, and in Kalimantan asam rambang or kepi.^[4] It is a tree, and can grow up to 30 metres tall and up to 60 centimetres diameter, though it usually grows to about 15 metres tall and 45 centimetres diameter at breast height.^[6] The elliptic to oblong-shaped leaves are somewhat leathery in texture and 5 to 23 cm in length and 2 to 6 cm in width. The flowers are white, and have five stamens, of which only one is fertile. It produces obliquely subrotund drupes as fruit, these are 8 to 9 cm in diameter and have a thin layer of fibrous flesh. The seeds, like a walnut, have a very irregularly lobed and folded surface.^[4]

Mangifera gedebe
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Genus:	Mangifera
Species:	M. gedebe
Binomial name
Mangifera gedebe Miq.
Synonyms[2]
Mangifera gedebi Miq.

It grows in lowlands on river banks or in swamp forests. The flowers appear from June to September, the fruits from August to November.^[4]

It is sometimes grown locally for the fruit. The drupes are very sour, and they are only edible when unripe, as when ripe the pulp is too scanty and hard.^[4]

A 1991 book, based on information from 1985, states that the species is rare and urgently requires conservation in eastern Borneo;^[4] in 2014, the species's conservation status on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was assessed as 'near threatened'.^[1]