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Family Sapotaceae

 

 

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Palaquium gutta
taban merah

Lg. genus of 115 spp. in SEAsia, about 22 spp. in Malaya. Sumatra, Java, Borneo, all states but Perlis, Kedah, Trengg. Med. tree to 25 m., scattered in lowland forest, sometimes planted for gutta percha, tapped in fish-bone pattern.

Palaquium sp.
nyatoh

Payena lucida
nyatoh?
Burma, Siam, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya exc. Perlis. Common in understory. 10 spp. in Malaya, recognized from descending tertiary nerves & strong tendency for leaves to occupy an alternate rather than spiral position on twigs.

Payena lucida. Payena lucida leaf.

Payena lucida.

Payena lucida leaves.


Last updated 4 Feb 2008.

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