Epiprinus malayanus Griff.
Kedah Tengah FR, Kedah
(Image credit M. Nazri, Kedah)
Epiprinus malayanus Griff. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Balong hijau, Chendur, Chindra, Cendera, Jarak hitam, Munot, Beliboh, Kayu rengkow (Temuan), Kemesul]. Distribution - Southern part of the Thai Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra; also in Burma. Habitat & Ecology — Primary lowland rain forests, evergreen forests, secondary forests, usually on hillsides, also often along water; soil sand and shale; 33--600 m asl. Shrubs to trees, up to 20 m high, up to 20 cm diameter, crown often thin; twigs dark red, flowering branches 4—6 mm thick. Outer bark smooth to somewhat rough to lenticellate, c. 1 mm thick, brown to patchy light brown and grey to grey; inner bark c. 2 mm thick, yellowish to yellow-green to pale green (to brown); wood white to yellow-white (to brown). Stipules triangular to long elliptic, 3.5—11.8(—16) by 1.3—1.5 mm, outside stellately hairy, inside sericeous with simple hairs, basally 2 glands outside. Leaves red then yellow when young; petiole (not of the subsessile upper leaves) (0.3—)5—20.4 cm long, round except basally flattened above. Inflorescences terminal, 3.5—24 cm long, reddish. Flowers pink to red, slightly fragrant. Fruits 15—20 mm high by c. 16 (1 lobe developed), 19—30 mm wide, red to pink-red.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Epiprinus malayanus Griff.
Kedah Tengah FR, Kedah
(Image credit M. Nazri, Kedah)
Epiprinus malayanus Griff. Euphorbiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Balong hijau, Chendur, Chindra, Cendera, Jarak hitam, Munot, Beliboh, Kayu rengkow (Temuan), Kemesul]. Distribution - Southern part of the Thai Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra; also in Burma. Habitat & Ecology — Primary lowland rain forests, evergreen forests, secondary forests, usually on hillsides, also often along water; soil sand and shale; 33--600 m asl. Shrubs to trees, up to 20 m high, up to 20 cm diameter, crown often thin; twigs dark red, flowering branches 4—6 mm thick. Outer bark smooth to somewhat rough to lenticellate, c. 1 mm thick, brown to patchy light brown and grey to grey; inner bark c. 2 mm thick, yellowish to yellow-green to pale green (to brown); wood white to yellow-white (to brown). Stipules triangular to long elliptic, 3.5—11.8(—16) by 1.3—1.5 mm, outside stellately hairy, inside sericeous with simple hairs, basally 2 glands outside. Leaves red then yellow when young; petiole (not of the subsessile upper leaves) (0.3—)5—20.4 cm long, round except basally flattened above. Inflorescences terminal, 3.5—24 cm long, reddish. Flowers pink to red, slightly fragrant. Fruits 15—20 mm high by c. 16 (1 lobe developed), 19—30 mm wide, red to pink-red.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia