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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.
Ref and suggested reading:
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Durio oxleyanus Griff. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay and regonal vernacular names - Durian beludu, Durian daun, Kuripal, Durian kerantugab, Dian, Durian lai, Lai bengang, Kartungan, Kerantongan, Kerantungan, Ketungan, Kutongan, Sukang, Dalit, Ladyin tedak. Distribution - Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan). Upper canopy tree up to 50 m tall and 90 cm dbh. Stipules present but soon falling. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, lower surface whitish, with hairs instead of scales. Flowers ca. 15 mm diameter, white-yellow, 2-3-lobed epicalyx, placed in cymes on the twigs behind the leaves. Fruits ca. 140 mm long, green, capsule with long spines, seeds completely enclosed by pale yellow, sweet, edible aril. Fruits are eaten and locally sold on markets. The timber is used for planks. The bark and seeds are used for medicinal purposes.
Synonym(s):
Durio gratissimus Becc.
Neesia griffithii Planch. ex Mast.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2779457
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316153
www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/afdbases/af/...
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.
Just downloaded camera + app for the iPhone. My trusty model Griff took time out from celebrating Liverpool's 3-1 thrashing of Man Utd to assist me.
Norwich, New York
Constructed in 1845 as the David M Griffing Mansion. It was the Norwich Club from 1900-63. It was enlarged and renovated in 2000 for use as the police station. It is listed on the NRHP.
Jonathan Finney & Griff in the woods in West Rutland. Jonathan is carrying baby Sammy.
The blue tape was for marking our way up the mountain so we could find our way back down. It didn't work out so well (It took a while to find our way back) but we obviously did.
A simple demonstration of CaptSolo's Accipiter featuring shaders by Griff and texture maps by me (Staer9)