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Bouea oppositifolia
kundang daun kecil
Common to 700m. Edible but acid fruit, can be eaten raw or steamed.
Resinous smell of crushed leaf distinguishes it from Eugenia and Mesua. |
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Buchanania arborescens
otak udang
tumpul
Common fr. Andamans to Australia on coasts and river banks. Crown
conspicuous with cream flowers between April and June. Leaf apex obtuse,
rounded or emarginated, young leaves pink. Drupe green to red, green
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Campnospermum squamatum
terentang
daun kecil
Malesia. Widely distributed from mountains to swamps. Trees to 30m
with distinct terminalia branching. Buttresses short, rarely stilt
roots. Leaves spiral, short stalk. Flowers yellowish green, drupe
green speckled white. |
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Dracontomelon dao
sengkuang
Indo-Malesia, frequent in Malaya by rivers and in forest or planted
in villages. Common in north. Similar to sentang except leaf stalks
stouter. Leaves large (12-22"), 5-11 prs leaflets. Up to 30m,
deciduous, dense rounded crown. White flowers in hanging panicles. |
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Mangifera caesia
binjai
Malaya, Sumatra. Common in orchards, esp. in Melaka. Flowers pale
lilac in pink panicles. |
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Mangifera macrocarpa
15 spp in Malaya. Thailand, Cambodia, Malesia. Rare. Lowland forests Kelantan, Trengganu, Perak, Pahang, Malacca & NS. Big tree, to 33m . Leaf stalk 3-6cm, blade long & narrow with long petiole. Drupe 80-12cm, yellow fibrous flesh.
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Mangifera magnifica
Common, widely distributed in lowland and hill forests, expect Perlis & Penang. Endemic. To 54m, 3m girth.Leaves closely spirally arranged, blade stiffly leathery (thickest leafed Mangifera in Malaya). Drupe oblong, 11x 7cm when dry, fibrous.
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Mangifera quadrifida
sepam, asam kumbang
To 40m, bark brown fissured, scaly. Flowers greenish white, fragrant.
Drupe dark purple when ripe, flesh fibrous, sweet to sour. Cult. in
villages, wild throughout Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. |
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Parishia insignis
surian, sepal
Large buttressed forest trees, Andamans to Borneo. Uncommon. Apparently
deciduous, flowers and new leaves together, but this spp, matures
its fruits while the crown is bare. |
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Pentaspadon motleyi
plong licin
Malesia, Solomon Is. Swampy forest, by streams. Once common here
in Sg. Plong. To 36m, 2m girth, thin spreading buttresses. Bark
grey, dippled to scaly. Deciduous, then cream fragrant flowers in
branched panicles in March and Oct. Young leaves pink. Wood oil
treats skin diseases. |
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