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Stelechocarpus burahol
Also called Kepel Fruit, Burahol
In Singapore: Kepel, Kepel Apple, Burahol, Keppel Tree (Grown in Singapore)
Kepel is a large evergreen forest tree in the custard apple family, grown in Java for its edible fruit. It needs a warm, humid, tropical climate and is not a common garden or houseplant.
Stelechocarpus burahol, commonly known as kepel, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae, native to the humid evergreen forests of Malesia, and known for its edible fruit. It is cultivated only in Java, Indonesia.
It is believed that this tree is a "palace tree", and should only be planted near palaces. It can be found at Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (the Royal Palace of Yogyakarta), Taman Mini Indonesia Indah theme park in Jakarta, Taman Kiai Langgeng Magelang (a 28 Ha park in the city of Magelang where rare species are studied) and Bogor Botanical Gardens.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stelechocarpus burahol by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
