 In Thailand, it is known by different traditional popular names such as "lamut Khamen" (ละมุดเขมร="Khmer sapodilla") or "tho Khamen" (ท้อเขมร="Khmer peach"), folk imagination attributing a hypothetical Cambodian origin to this fruit (the name of the fruit is "see da" in Cambodia).Currently, those names are discouraged by linguistic authorities and names making no reference to Cambodia, such as "mon khai" (ม่อนไข่) —"Khai" meaning "egg", or "tiesa" (ทิสซา), are officially favored.The plant's name in the Vietnamese language is "cây trứng gà" ("chicken egg" plant) because of the fruit's appearance.