The Serumpun Codex · Fruits, nuts, seeds and fungi
Terung asam
A round, sour, yellow fruit of the nightshade family, cooked as a vegetable.
The entry
- Name
- Terung asam
- Other names
- Terung Dayak
- Scientific name
- Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal (sometimes cited as S. ferox)
- What it is
- A round, sour, yellow fruit of the nightshade family, cooked as a vegetable.
- Knowledge from
- Hill paddy farmers, who traditionally plant it as an intercrop in hill paddy fields. It is also called terung Dayak and terung Iban.
- How it is used
- Cooked as a sour vegetable, as in sup terung Dayak.
- In the French Borneo kitchen
- In Course III, Mountain, at Osaka, and at the Kuching Finale.
- Season and place
- Traditionally grown as an intercrop in hill paddy fields and now planted throughout Sarawak. It is not seasonal; the Terung Mas variety is ready about 132 to 141 days after transplanting and is picked over 26 to 44 days.
- Conservation status
- Not applicable: a cultivated crop
- Geographical Indication
- Terung Asam Sarawak, GI2010-00002, effective 30 June 2011
- Codex Alimentarius
- No Codex standard
- Medicinal knowledge
- Held privately by the community
- Consent
- Given, recorded by CHASS, 30 October 2026
Still to be confirmed: who shared it with Serumpun.
Sources
- Ting & Ding, 2021
- Sarawak Department of Agriculture
- Ibrahim, Zakaria and Aris, Phytochemistry and biological activity of terung asam, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 17(2), 2022
Added to the Codex on 1 November 2026. Sources last checked on 1 November 2026.
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How to cite this entry
Serumpun Sarawak (2026) ‘Terung asam’, The Serumpun Codex, ed. James Won. Available at: https://www.chefjameswon.com/serumpun/codex/terung-asam/ (sources checked 1 November 2026).
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