Scaphium affine

• Lao: ໝາກຈອງ /mȁːk cɔːŋ/
• Chinese: 胖大海; pinyin: pànɡdàhǎi; lit. 'fat ocean'
• Vietnamese: hạt lười ươi; đười ươi; hột lười ươi
• Khmer: សំរង, lit. '(មិនមែនសំរ៉ង) ឈ្មោះឈើមួយប្រភេទ ផ្លែទុំស្ងួត បើត្រាំទឹករីកស្គុយ សាច់ស្កាតៗ ប្រើលាយស្ករបរិភោគជាចំណីត្រជាក់' /sɑmraoŋ/.
• Marathi: निरंजन फळ Niranjan Phal /NiRṃJN PhL/ (IAST)
• Hindi: मालवा फल Malva Phal /MāLVā PhL/ (IAST)
• Thai: ลูกสำรอง, หมากจอง, พุงทะลาย
• Malay: Kembang Semangkuk

A dried Sterculia lychnophora seed compared to a water-soaked seed with its skin removed (right)

The flesh surrounding the dried seeds swells to eight times its original volume when soaked in water, forming an irregularly shaped, reddish gelatinous mass. After being soaked and the seed kernel removed, the flesh is mixed with granulated white sugar, ice, and soaked basil seeds, and drunk as a cooling drink in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. They are sometimes also used, along with other ingredients, in sweet, cool soups similar to the Chinese tong sui.

In China, malva nut is used in tea as well by mixing with other ingredients such as sugar candy, red date, haw, liquorice, chrysanthemun flower, lilyturfroot, and jasmine tea. The advantage of such tea is believed to reduce the "hotness" of the body, and nurture the body.

According to Chinese medicine, the use of "Pang Da Hai" can remove heat from the lung, cure sore throats, counteract toxicity, and moisten the bowels. Specific symptoms treated include: hoarseness of voice, dry cough or productive cough with yellow sticky sputum, sore, dry throat due to heat in the lung and constipation with headache and bloodshot eyes. Consume malva nut by adding one or two nuts to a large cup of boiling water and consume the liquid. Typically, in traditional Chinese medicine, malva nut would be part of a larger formula of herbs designed to address a person's condition.

Although it possesses medicinal properties, care must be taken with its consumption. Avoid boiling more than 3 seeds per drink. Over-consumption symptoms include white watery phlegm, nausea, coughing, and swollen tongue. People with frequent digestion problems and abdominal pain or diarrhea should avoid it entirely.