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Family Alangiaceae

The Latin names, family names, common names and brief descriptions of some of plants found in the garden at Rimbun Dahan are listed below in alphabetical order by Latin name.

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All photographs by Angela Hijjas.

Alangium kurzii ALANGIACEAE mentulang Burma to Java, Indo China, China. From Kedah to NS, only west coast, to 15m w/ short buttresses. Lowland forest. Soft dense tomentum under leaf. One genus family in Old World tropics, temperate Asia to Aust. 7spp. in Malaya of 21 total.
Alangium ridleyi ALANGIACEAE mentulang daun lebar Endemic. All states exc. Kelantan and Johor, big tree to 40m and 2m girth. Flower calyx deeply ridged, petals fleshy if fresh, fruits ovoid with 12 ridges, seeds with white translucent juicy aril.

Last updated 25 June 2006.

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