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Antidesma salicenum
mempunai
Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo. Flood resistant shrub along fast streams,
adapted to open conditions. burkill says many in genera have edible
shoots and fleshy fruits, many with medicinal properties. Name refers
to use in India for anti-snake venom. This from Rimba Ilmu 11/06.
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Antidesma coriaceum
mempunai, kayu mata punai
Genus of distinctive shrubs and small trees, common all over Malaya, name refers to use in India as anti-snake venom. In Malaya 27 spp of 170, most in Asia. This sp. common, fruit a juicy red or black drupe with thin pitted stone |
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Baccaurea brevipes
rambai tikus
Throughout Malaya, Borneo. Small tree, seldom more than 9m. Common in lowland forest, often near rivers, occasionally in seasonal swamps. Leaves elliptic ovate, long tapering. Fruits round, 17mm diam. Seeds with translucent white pulp.
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Baccaurea kunstleri
jintek bukit
Siam, N and E Borneo, Kelantan, Trengganu, Selangor southwards. Lowland
forest, uncommon. To 20m, steeply buttresses, fruits to 25mm, splitting,
seed jacket cream.
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Baccaurea lanceolata
asam pahong
Sumatra, Siam, Java, Borneo. Malaya, mainly to south. Common small
to medium trees, lowland rainforest. Terminalia branching, distinctive,
big elliptic leaves. Fruits clustered w/translucent, juicy, sour,
edible jacket. Trees monoecious.
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Baccaurea motleyana
rambai
Thailand, peninsula Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. Fruits popular. Sap
from bark treats sore eyes, sometimes used with leaves of Mimusops
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Baccaurea ramiflora
pupor
Genera description: Leaves spirally arranged, simple. Flowers tiny,
yellow/green in unbranched spikes drooping from branch/trunk. Fruit
medium to large berry. Male and female flowers on separate trees;
rambai and pupor the only spp. cultivated, 21 spp. in Malaya, lowland. |
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Baccaurea sumatrana
jintek-jintek
Malaya, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. Medium tree to 30m. Fruits ovoid, 10mm long yellowish with thin wall, seed jacket orange, fruiting racemes 8cm amongst the leaves.
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