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Kampung Tanjong Ipoh, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Cycas macrocarpa Griff. Cycadaceae. CN: [Malay - vernacular names generic to most Cycas, Paku gunung, Bogak]. A dioecious primitive gymnosperm claimed a living fossil. Tree to 12 m tall. Habitat - lowland forest, also on limestone. A widely scattered species, not forming dense stands. Distribution - peninsular Thailand, as well as in northern and central peninsular Malaysia. In Thailand plants occur near the Malaysian border, with disjunct occurrences in Prachuap Khiri Khan province in the northern peninsula. This species is more common in Malaysia. Due to extensive habitat destruction the species is classified as vulnerable by IUCN and regulated by CITES.
Ref and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2749591
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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Kampung Tanjong Ipoh, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Cycas macrocarpa Griff. Cycadaceae. CN: [Malay - vernacular names generic to most Cycas, Paku gunung, Bogak]. A dioecious primitive gymnosperm claimed a living fossil. Tree to 12 m tall. Habitat - lowland forest, also on limestone. A widely scattered species, not forming dense stands. Distribution - peninsular Thailand, as well as in northern and central peninsular Malaysia. In Thailand plants occur near the Malaysian border, with disjunct occurrences in Prachuap Khiri Khan province in the northern peninsula. This species is more common in Malaysia. Due to extensive habitat destruction the species is classified as vulnerable by IUCN and regulated by CITES.
Ref and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2749591
Malaysia.
(Image credit Dr. Ahmad Fitri Zohari, 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
This funky looking building houses a pretty decent and informal restaurant. It sits on Port Orford's commercial dock amidst all the fishing boats, and in season, the crab pots. Before and/or after dinner you can do a walking tour of the unique dolly dock and, if lucky, you might get to watch the boats either being lifted down to the water or lifted up onto their dock dollies by one of the giant cranes or you might get to watch the unloading of fish, crabs or sea urchins from the returning boats. Also a great view down the Oregon coast and a great place to watch storms and sunsets.
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!
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
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July 17, 2008
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.
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Griff & John Waters (one of the most joyous people I have ever met).
No, we are not close friends. He agreed to a photo at a pre show meeting in Santa Cruz during his Christmas Show tour. I had just told him I once french kissed Edith Massey. He seemed alarmed. (Maybe he feared he was next in line).
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.
Figures, originally released by Polydor England in 1982 - Zaine Griff is from New Zealand - re-issued 2012
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
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