View allAll Photos Tagged griffs
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Fruits of 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
Photo taken by E Zak, Madoc studio Porthmadog.
Roedd Griff Morris yn bensaer enwog ym Mhorthmadog, rhai o'i gynlluniau oedd Bryn Coffa (gofeb rhyfel), Meadow Drive a Pensyflog ym Mhorthmadog.
Griff Morris was a famous architect in Porthmadog, some of his designs were Bryn Coffa ( war memorial), Meadow drive and Pensyflog in Porthmadog
luniau trwy garedigrwydd Tudor Morris Porthmadog . Dylai unrhyw un sydd â lluniau o ddiddordeb ac yn dymuno iddynt gael eu harddangos ar y safle hwn gysylltu â mi drwy e-bost: cm.pritchard @ btinternet.com
Photo courtesy of Tudor Morris Porthmadog .Anyone who has photos of interest and wish them to be displayed on this site contact me by email : cm.pritchard@btinternet.com
Griff Rhys Jones
(c) Modern TV
WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures BBC Digital Picture Service.
Oh jeas! Griffs used to be all over DFW but now only 3 remain. This was shot at the location in Irving and has been in operation since the 1940's. If your heart can take it...the food is good-n-greasy!
Malaysia.
(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).
Fruits. Swintonia floribunda Griff. Anacardiaceae. CN: [Malay and vernacular names - Merpauh, Membatu, Pauh batu, Merbau kera, Balau betina, Selan (Sarawak)], Boilam (India), Taung-thayet (Burma), Khan thong (Thailand). Distribution: Burma and the Malayan Peninsula eastward into Borneo, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Habitat - lowland and hill forest to 1000 m. Tree up to ca 30 m tall, occasionally to 45 m. The bole can be 50 - 90 cm in diameter, occasionally with steep plank buttresses up to 2 m high. The tree is harvested for local use of its wood.
Synonym(s):
Swintonia puberula H. Pearson,
Swintonia penangiana King
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2480615
www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/TechSheets/Chudnoff/SEAsian_Oc...
tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Swintonia+flor...
crassa.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/anacardiaceae/index.html
A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, I H Burkill et. al., Oxford University Press, 1935
I have to say, in all my many years of taking lacrosse photos ... this is my favorite :)
Love how I got him way off the ground - this boy plays hard!
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 Dr. Ahmad Fitri Zohari, Malaysia)
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
Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia.
(cultivated)
Zingiber spectabile Griff. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus tanah, Tepus halia, Tepus halia puar, Tepus tunduk, Tepai, Chadak], Beehive ginger, Gold beehive ginger, Black gingerwort, Golden scepter, Nodding gingerwort, Malaysian ginger. Native of Thailand, peninsular Malaysia (Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Trengganu). Common herb about 2 m tall in lowland forests. Pouch-like yellowish inflorescence bracts with incurved margins; distinctive flower having dark purple with many small dots. Used in folk medicine to reduce swellings and cleaning eyelids.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. K. Larsen, et. al.
This is a pre-Splendaids band called Small Wonder appearing at Bunratty's in Allston.
If you have any photos of Splendaids, please email me. I would love to have copys.
RIUM, WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Zingiber spectabile Griff. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus tanah, Tepus halia, Tepus halia puar, Tepus tunduk, Tepai, Chadak], Beehive ginger, Gold beehive ginger, Black gingerwort, Golden scepter, Nodding gingerwort, Malaysian ginger. Native of Thailand, peninsular Malaysia (Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Trengganu). Common herb about 2 m tall in lowland forests. Pouch-like yellowish inflorescence bracts with incurved margins; distinctive flower having dark purple with many small dots. Used in folk medicine to reduce swellings and cleaning eyelids.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. K. Larsen, et. al.
Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia.
(cultivated)
Zingiber spectabile Griff. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus tanah, Tepus halia, Tepus halia puar, Tepus tunduk, Tepai, Chadak], Beehive ginger, Gold beehive ginger, Black gingerwort, Golden scepter, Nodding gingerwort, Malaysian ginger. Native of Thailand, peninsular Malaysia (Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Trengganu). Common herb about 2 m tall in lowland forests. Pouch-like yellowish inflorescence bracts with incurved margins; distinctive flower having dark purple with many small dots. Used in folk medicine to reduce swellings and cleaning eyelids.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. K. Larsen, et. al.
Perak, Malaysia.
(Image credit Shah Redza, Malaysia)
Durio oxleyanus Griff. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay and regonal vernacular names - Durian beludu, Durian daun, 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.:
FRIM Flora Database
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/...
Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia.
(cultivated)
Zingiber spectabile Griff. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay - Tepus tanah, Tepus halia, Tepus halia puar, Tepus tunduk, Tepai, Chadak], Beehive ginger, Gold beehive ginger, Black gingerwort, Golden scepter, Nodding gingerwort, Malaysian ginger. Native of Thailand, peninsular Malaysia (Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Trengganu). Common herb about 2 m tall in lowland forests. Pouch-like yellowish inflorescence bracts with incurved margins; distinctive flower having dark purple with many small dots. Used in folk medicine to reduce swellings and cleaning eyelids.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia
Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. K. Larsen, et. al.
Perak, Malaysia.
(Image credit Shah Redza, Malaysia)
Durio oxleyanus Griff. Malvaceae. CN: [Malay and regonal vernacular names - Durian beludu, Durian daun, 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.:
FRIM Flora Database
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/...