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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
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
Eleiodoxa conferta (Griff.) Burret. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Asam paya, Asam kelubi, Kelubi, Kelumi, Salak hutan], Asam payo, Kuwai-kuwai, Kelumbi. Eleiodoxa is a monotypic genus, dioecious, lowland forest freshwater swamp-dwelling plant, native to South East Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra) where they form large colonies. While remaining underground, the trunks of these palms are clustering and form dense thickets up to ca 6 m tall. Fruit edible but extremely sour and astringent; usually pickled before consumption and for preparing special culinary in certain cultures especially involving freshwater fish. In ethnomedicine, there are claims the Chinese use the scaly husk of the fruit as cough mixture. It has also been reputed to be an antidote for the poisoning of Antiaris. A decoction of the pounded stem is used to relieve cough and hoarseness. This plant is applied as a paste to treat orchitis and is believed capable of relieving headache.
Synonym(s):
Eleiodoxa microcarpa Burret
Eleiodoxa orthoschista Burret
Eleiodoxa scortechinii (Becc.) Burret
Eleiodoxa xantholepis Burret
Salacca conferta Griff.
Salacca scortechinii Becc.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-66393
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.
Ref and suggested reading:
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 — 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
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:
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
Griff le riff and I spent a couple of hours last night experimenting with flash to see how we might employ it for our "LeedsByNight" project. Having only one another for models was a real drawback, but it was a productive couple of hours. We used his camera for nearly all of our experiments. So I have little to show. This portrait will have to do.
Thanks, griff. As always, I feel I am learning.
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:
This is Griff coming to see what I was doing photographing the barnicles on the beach. As you can see he does a neat job of walking like a man!
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, neatky arranged along rachis. Rachis spiny; spadix terminal. Fruit top-shaped, 5 cm long, scaly, brownish, hard shell.
Ref and suggested reading:
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
Griff Hollows is an idyllic little place hidden away right next to a main road and suburban houses on the edge of Nuneaton. The natural wooded hollow with a brook running through it is full of native bluebells in springtime. The novelist George Eliot grew up near here and it appears in 'The Mill on the Floss' as 'Red Deeps' where the characters Maggie and Philip meet in secret.