Football Fruit

Pangium is a genus in the family Achariaceae containing the sole species Pangium edule, a tall tree native to the mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia (from the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, and extending eastward to the Vanuatu and Micronesia). It produces a large poisonous fruit (the "football fruit" or pangi) which can be made edible by fermentation. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.