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Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Eugeissona tristis Griff. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bertam, Indonesia (Ato, Kajatao, Pantu, Nanga, Pijatau)], Wild Bornean sago. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia. Fruits - edible. Stem - starch as the staple food of indigenous people in Borneo. Palm cabbage - vegetable. Leaves - serves as thatch and for the construction of walls. Leaves stalk - used to make blowpipe darts. Edible pollen - eaten as a condiment for rice or sago dishes. Fruits eaten to relieve kidney ailments. Common in lowland forest. Big clump, short stem, thorny. Pinnate leaf ca 6-7 m length, dropping at distal end. Leaflets lanceolate, ca 1m length, 2-2.5 cm width, neatly arranged along rachis. Rachis spiny; spadix terminal. Fruit top-shaped, 5 cm long, scaly, brownish, hard shell.
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Friday morning a bulldog dressed as a rainbow fish walked into a library full of woodchucks. Imaginations were running wild at Greenwood Elementary School as Drake University's Associate Director of Marketing, Erin Bell, and Griff read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister to a group of young learners in the library. Greenwood was just one of the eight DMPS elementary schools on the visiting list for the bulldog tour. After the reading, each student had a chance to pet Griff on the way to their next class.
Simpang Pulai, Perak, Malaysia.
Arenga westerhoutii Griff. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Langkap, Pinang langkab, Rangkap, Rangkai], Westerhout's sugar palm. Native to peninsular Malaysia, China (Yunnan), Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) Myanmar, Thailand. Occurrence widespread growing wild in lowland forest and around limestone cliffs and foothills. A feather palm up to ca 10 m with distinctive silver-grey sheen underside at "turn-of-the-wind". The leaves are used for thatching, and the palm heart is occasionally eaten. Fruits greenish black, globose.
Synonym(s):
Saguerus westerhoutii (Griff.) H.Wendl. & Drude
Ref and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-14688
Friday morning a bulldog dressed as a rainbow fish walked into a library full of woodchucks. Imaginations were running wild at Greenwood Elementary School as Drake University's Associate Director of Marketing, Erin Bell, and Griff read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister to a group of young learners in the library. Greenwood was just one of the eight DMPS elementary schools on the visiting list for the bulldog tour. After the reading, each student had a chance to pet Griff on the way to their next class.
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 β 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 4β6 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, 3.5β11.8(β16) by 1.3β1.5 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) (0.3β)5β20.4 cm long, round except basally flattened above. Inflorescences terminal, 3.5β24 cm long, reddish. Flowers pink to red, slightly fragrant. Fruits 15β20 mm high by c. 16 (1 lobe developed), 19β30 mm wide, red to pink-red.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Kedah Utara, Kedah, Malaysia
(Image credit Amran Mahmud, Kedah).
Leaf arrangement. Diospyros argentea Griff. Ebenaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun petutut, Bedil lalat, Pokok tepuk lalat, Kerentah roy (Semelai)]. Habitat - lowland and hill forest up to ca 800 m. Understorey treelet up to ca tree to 11 m tall. Leaves thick, simple, alternate, oblong-mucronate, abaxial glabrous, adaxial pubescent with soft coppery hairs. Fruit velvety. The plant is burnt, especially the leaves to keep away flies. Leaves when burnt make crackling noises which keep away flies and mosquitoes. The leaves are coated with wax, and when dry burn with a crackling sound and with a strong, unpleasant smell of acrolein, like a dying wax candle. In Malay ethnomedicine, a paste made using its roots is prescribed for application in herpes.
Ref.:
FRIM Flora Database
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2769380
birg1.fbb.utm.my/jbiodi/page.php?pageid=s_found&s_id=...
A Field Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Tasek Bera, RAMSAR
tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Diospyros+arge...
Jelai FR, Pahang, Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Bouea macrophylla Griff. Anacardiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Asam suku, Kondongan, Kundang, Kundang hutan, Kundang daun besar, Medang asam, Pako kundangan, Rembunia, Remenya, Rumenia, Rumia, Serapoh, Serapok, Setar;
Sumatra: Ramania (Langkat); Java: Gandaria, Djantake, Gunarjah, Kendarah, Djatake, Pao gandaria; Thai: Ma-bpraang, Ma-yong], Marian plum, Gandaria, Plum mango. Native to Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Malaysia. Cultivated - Mauritius, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines. Lowland and hill forest. Tree up to 27 m high and 55 cm diameter. Bark light greyish brown, or dark colored, finely fissured. Terminal (vegetative) buds broadly ovoid or ovoid, 4-6 by 3.5-5 mm, scales of outer pair usually shorter than the total length of bud. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, or elliptic to narrowly elliptic. Drupe subglobose, 3.5-5 by 3-4 cm, yellow or orange when ripe; cotyledons blue-violet. Sour fruits eaten pickled or raw.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2680740
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7510
www.asianplant.net/Anacardiaceae/Bouea_macrophylla.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouea_macrophylla
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Eugeissona tristis Griff. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bertam, Indonesia (Ato, Kajatao, Pantu, Nanga, Pijatau)], Wild Bornean sago. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia. Fruits - edible. Stem - starch as the staple food of indigenous people in Borneo. Palm cabbage - vegetable. Leaves - serves as thatch and for the construction of walls. Leaves stalk - used to make blowpipe darts. Edible pollen - eaten as a condiment for rice or sago dishes. Fruits eaten to relieve kidney ailments. Common in lowland forest. Big clump, short stem, thorny. Pinnate leaf ca 6-7 m length, dropping at distal end. Leaflets lanceolate, ca 1m length, 2-2.5 cm width, neatly arranged along rachis. Rachis spiny; spadix terminal. Fruit top-shaped, 5 cm long, scaly, brownish, hard shell.
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Friday morning a bulldog dressed as a rainbow fish walked into a library full of woodchucks. Imaginations were running wild at Greenwood Elementary School as Drake University's Associate Director of Marketing, Erin Bell, and Griff read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister to a group of young learners in the library. Greenwood was just one of the eight DMPS elementary schools on the visiting list for the bulldog tour. After the reading, each student had a chance to pet Griff on the way to their next class.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Diospyros argentea Griff. Ebenaceae. CN: [Malay - Daun petutut, Bedil lalat, Kerentah roy (Semelai)]. Habitat - lowland and hill forest up to ca 800 m. Understorey treelet up to ca tree to 11 m tall. Leaves thick, simple, alternate, oblong-mucronate, abaxial glabrous, adaxial pubescent with soft coppery hairs. Fruit velvety. The plant is burnt, especially the leaves to keep away flies. Leaves when burnt make crackling noises which keep away flies.
Ref. and suggested reading
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2769380
birg1.fbb.utm.my/jbiodi/page.php?pageid=s_found&s_id=...
A Field Guide to the Medicinal Plants of Tasek Bera, RAMSAR
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 β 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 4β6 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, 3.5β11.8(β16) by 1.3β1.5 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) (0.3β)5β20.4 cm long, round except basally flattened above. Inflorescences terminal, 3.5β24 cm long, reddish. Flowers pink to red, slightly fragrant. Fruits 15β20 mm high by c. 16 (1 lobe developed), 19β30 mm wide, red to pink-red.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Friday morning a bulldog dressed as a rainbow fish walked into a library full of woodchucks. Imaginations were running wild at Greenwood Elementary School as Drake University's Associate Director of Marketing, Erin Bell, and Griff read The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister to a group of young learners in the library. Greenwood was just one of the eight DMPS elementary schools on the visiting list for the bulldog tour. After the reading, each student had a chance to pet Griff on the way to their next class.
Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Eugeissona tristis Griff. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Bertam, Indonesia (Ato, Kajatao, Pantu, Nanga, Pijatau)], Wild Bornean sago. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia. Fruits - edible. Stem - starch as the staple food of indigenous people in Borneo. Palm cabbage - vegetable. Leaves - serves as thatch and for the construction of walls. Leaves stalk - used to make blowpipe darts. Edible pollen - eaten as a condiment for rice or sago dishes. Fruits eaten to relieve kidney ailments. Common in lowland forest. Big clump, short stem, thorny. Pinnate leaf ca 6-7 m length, dropping at distal end. Leaflets lanceolate, ca 1m length, 2-2.5 cm width, neatly arranged along rachis. Rachis spiny; spadix terminal. Fruit top-shaped, 5 cm long, scaly, brownish, hard shell.
Ref and suggested reading: