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rambai|ˈrambaɪ|
Also † rambé, rambeh.
[Malay.]
An evergreen tree, Baccaurea motleyana, or a closely related species, belonging to the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to Malaysia, and bearing large dark green leaves and racemes of tiny yellowish-green flowers; also, the fruit of this tree, which is an oval about two inches long with white flesh and pale brown seeds in a smooth brownish-yellow skin. Also attrib.
1811W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra (ed. 3) 101 The chupak, ayer-ayer, and rambé are species or varieties of the same fruit [sc. lanseh]. 1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipelago I. iv. 432 The Langseh, Rambeh, and Dukuh are indigenous fruits. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca I. ii. 53 In the valley grow various fruit-trees, such as..the rambai. 1911[see langsat]. 1924H. N. Ridley Flora of Malay Peninsula III. 250 B[accaurea] Motleyana... The Rambeh, cultivated all over the peninsula. 1940E. J. H. Corner Wayside Trees of Malaya I. 241 In habit, trunk, bark and strings of buff-coloured fruits with green seeds and white pulp, the Rambai and Langsat..are very much alike. 1975B. M. Allen Common Malaysian Fruits 11 Rambai is native to Malaysia and is commonly cultivated in the lowlands. Ibid., Rambai fruits are easily confused with Duku and Langsat. |