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Achariaceae

Football fruit

Pangium edule Reinw.

Family
Achariaceae
Genus
Pangium

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Football fruit: Pangium edule seeds used as spice in Indonesian cooking
Photo: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (18)
ace
Pangè
arz
ذره بانجيوم
ban
Pangi
bjn
Kalawak
Chinese
印尼黑果, 黑羹树
Dutch
Kepayang, Pangium
English
Football fruit, Rowal
German
Keluak
Indonesian
Kepayang, Kluwak
Japanese
パンギノキ
Javanese
Kluwek, Kluwak
mad
Pakem
Malay
Pokok Kepayang
min
Simauang, Kapayang, Kapecong, Kapencong, Kapencuang, Simawang, Supayang
Portuguese
Pangium
Russian
Пангиум съедобный
Spanish
Pangium
Sundanese
Picung

Synonyms

  • Hydnocarpus edulis (Reinw.) Peterm.
  • Hydnocarpus polyandra Blanco
  • Hydnocarpus polyandrus Blanco
  • Pangium ceramense Teijsm. & Binn. ex Slooten
  • Pangium naumannii Warb.
  • Pangium rumphii Voigt

Characteristics

In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.