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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
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
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).
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
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
A look down at the Griffing Sandusky airport in Sandusky OH. On the peninsula in the upper center of the photo is Cedar Point Amusement Park
Shooting the "Unwrap Attack" webisode. This segment might not make it into the final piece. It was a patter song and my mouth aint what it used to be since the Bell's Palsy. But is sure was fun!
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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Bukit Cherakah, 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:
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
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
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).