Kepayang

Kepayang the Malay name of a tree, Pangium edule, which is common in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It produces rough, brown fruits up to 15 cm (6") long with a yellow, sweet, aromatic pulp containing several flat, oval seeds the size of large coins.

Burkill (1965–6) remarks that the antiseptic properties of the glucoside in the seeds is brought into use when pounded seeds are used, in the fashion of crushed ice, to preserve fish on their way to market; this in Java.