In the north, H. heteroclita:
India, Sikkim (Lepchas): Kat'hior-pot; Nagaland: Assa; Kolasib: Khaum
China, Yunnan: You-zha-guo (油渣果, "Fat-cracklings fruit")
Bangladesh: Makal; Sylhet: Goolur
Vietnam: Béo, Ké bao, Muróp rùng, Dây sén
Laos: Mak klung
In the south, H. macrocarpa:
Thailand, Pattani: Kāpā yê
Malaysia, Malaya: Akar kêpayang, Kêlêpayang, Pepayang, Teruah, Breuh
Indonesia, Java: Akar kêpayang; (Sundanese): Aroi pichung, Chèlèng; Sumatra: Bilungking, Kadam
European languages:
(English): Kadam seed, Kapayang, Lard fruit; Chinese lardplant
(Dutch): Kadamzaad
Some of these names are ambiguous. "
Kepayang" might mean Pangium edule, the "football fruit" tree whose aril is edible but whose large seeds are so laden with hydrocyanic acid that they are used as a powerful arrow poison. (
The seeds can be prepared for human consumption; they are boiled and steeped in water, not roasted.) "
Kadam" can also mean Anthocephalus cadamba, a tree with much smaller fruit and minute seeds.
In the north, H. heteroclita:
India, Sikkim (Lepchas): Kat'hior-pot; Nagaland: Assa; Kolasib: Khaum
China, Yunnan: You-zha-guo (油渣果, "Fat-cracklings fruit")
Bangladesh: Makal; Sylhet: Goolur
Vietnam: Béo, Ké bao, Muróp rùng, Dây sén
Laos: Mak klung
In the south, H. macrocarpa:
Thailand, Pattani: Kāpā yê
Malaysia, Malaya: Akar kêpayang, Kêlêpayang, Pepayang, Teruah, Breuh
Indonesia, Java: Akar kêpayang; (Sundanese): Aroi pichung, Chèlèng; Sumatra: Bilungking, Kadam
European languages:
(English): Kadam seed, Kapayang, Lard fruit; Chinese lardplant
(Dutch): Kadamzaad
Some of these names are ambiguous. "Kepayang" might mean Pangium edule, the "football fruit" tree whose aril is edible but whose large seeds are so laden with hydrocyanic acid that they are used as a powerful arrow poison. (The seeds can be prepared for human consumption; they are boiled and steeped in water, not roasted.) "Kadam" can also mean Anthocephalus cadamba, a tree with much smaller fruit and minute seeds.
Hodgsonia