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Xylopia ferruginea (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill.

Bukit Tarek FR, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Xylopia ferruginea (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill. Annonaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Jangkang bukit, Jangkak, Sejangkang, Jangkang merah, Jangkang betina, Jari ayam, Bangkoh, Bangku-bangku, Senkajang, Sengkajan tunjang, Banitan merah, Thurian nok]. The Malay word "jangkang" means "stilted roots". Distribution - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan). habitat - undisturbed lowland forests up to ca 300 m altitude. Mid-canopy tree up to 33 m tall and 46 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers with ca. 45 mm long, very narrow petals, yellow-orange, fragrant, placed on twigs. Fruitlets ca. 90 mm long, bean-shaped, red, placed in apocarp, fruitlets dehiscent. Timber for flooring.

 

Homotypic Synonyms:

Habzelia ferruginea Hook. f. & Thomson

Melodorum ferrugineum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.

 

Heterotypic Synonyms:

Artabotrys malayanus Griff.

Xylopicrum malayanum (Griff.) Kuntze

 

Xylopia altissima Boerl.

Xylopia oxyantha Hook. f. & Thomson

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia

powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76130-1

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-1600501

www.asianplant.net/Annonaceae/Xylopia_ferruginea.htm

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Xylopia.html

en.inforapid.org/index.php?search=Xylopia%20ferruginea

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