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Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » Trichosanthes cucumerina

 

try-kos-ANTH-us -- from the Greek trichos (hairy) and anthos (flowers)

koo-KOO-may-ree-nuh -- meaning, related to cucumber - from the Greek kykyon

 

commonly known as: wild snake gourd • Hindi: जंगली चिचोण्डा jangli chichonda, कड़वा परवर kadva parvar, pudel • Kannada: paduvalakaayi • Malayalam: padavalanga • Marathi: जंगली पडवल jungli padwal, कडू पडवळ kadu padwal, पडोळ padol • Sanskrit: पटोल patola • Tamil: காட்டுப்பேய்ப்புடல் kattuppeypputal • Telugu: అడవిపొట్ల adavipotla, potlakaaya

  

References: Flowers of IndiaWikipediaM.M.P.N.D.

The huge Aboriginal flag at the Elizabeth Street roundabout, reflected in a University building.

The second School of Botany building at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

 

This building was designed by Percy Everett and built as the School of Natural Philosophy in 1938.

 

Shot on Ilford SFX 200 black-and-white film

 

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Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Wrightia tinctoria

 

RITE-ee-a -- named for William Wright, Scottish physician and botanist

tink-TOR-ee-uh -- used in dyeing or has a sap which can stain

 

commonly known as: black indrajau, dyeing rosebay, dyers’s oleander, ivory tree, pala indigo plant, sweet indrajao • Gujarati: દૂધલો dudhalo • Hindi: दुधी dudhi, इन्द्रजौ indrajau, काला कुडा kala kuda, करायजा karayaja, कुडा kuda • Kannada: ಅಜಮರ ajamara • Konkani: काळाकुडो kalakudo • Marathi: भूरेवडी bhurevadi, काळा कुडा kala kuda • Malayalam: ഭന്തപ്പാല bhanthappaala, കമ്പിപ്പാല kampippaala, നിലപ്പാല nilappaala • Sanskrit: असित कुटज asita kutaj, hyamaraka, स्त्री कुटज stri kutaja • Tamil: இரும்பாலை irum-palai, பாலை paalai, வெட்பாலை vet-palai • Telugu: అంకుడుచెట్టు ankuduchettu, చిట్టిఅంకుడు chiti-anikudu, కొండజెముడు kondajemudu

 

Native to: India, Myanmar

  

References: Flowers of IndiaEcoPortM.M.P.N.D.

Arecaceae (palm family) » Dypsis lutescens

 

¿ DIP-sis ? -- ???

loo-TESS-enz: -- yellowish

 

commonly known as: bamboo palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, golden cane palm, golden feather palm, golden-yellow palm, Madagascar palm, yellow palm

 

Native to: Madagascar; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaTopTropicalsDave's GardenM.M.P.N.D.

Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia.

 

Fruit, a drupe - whole and LS. Irvingia malayana Oliv. ex A.W.Benn. Irvingiaceae, also placed in Simaroubaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Kebayang, Merelang, Pauh kijang, Asem pau, Batu, Kayu batu, Euselu, Kayu tulang, Kayu tulung, Kerangi, Melenna gunung, Patok entilit, Pau kijang, Pau kijaang, Selangan tandok, Tengilan], Wild almond, Barking deer's mango. Distribution - Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (throughout the island). Widespread in lowland forest in peninsular Malaysia. Emergent tree up to 59 m tall and 117 cm dbh. Fruits ca. 46 mm long, green-yellow, drupes. The wood is used for heavy construction, knife handles and furniture. The seeds are edible and also used to extract fat for soap, wax and candles.

 

Note: Pic taken at the leeward side of the lower elevation ridge.

 

Synonym(s):

Irvingella harmandiana Tiegh.

Irvingella malayana (Oliv. ex A.W.Benn.) Tiegh.

Irvingella oliveri (Pierre) Tiegh.

Irvingia harmandiana Pierre ex Laness. [Invalid]

Irvingia longipedicellata Gagnep. [Invalid]

Irvingia oliveri Pierre

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2866799

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20450

www.asianplant.net/Irvingiaceae/Irvingia_malayana.htm

www.biotik.org/laos/species/i/irvma/irvma_en.html

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Irvingia.html

www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/53006224.pdf

Arecaceae (palm family) » Roystonea regia

 

roy-STOH-nee-uh -- named for Gen. Roy Stone, U.S. Civil War hero

REE-jee-uh -- meaning, royal

 

commonly known as: Cuban royal palm, Florida royal palm, royal palm • Arabic: nakhl malakî • Chinese: da wang ye zi, gao wang ye zi, wang zong • Danish: kongepalme • Dutch: koningspalm • Finnish: kuningaspalmu • French: palmier royal de Cuba, palmier royal de Floride • German: königspalme, koenigspalme • Italian: palma regia • Japanese: daiou yashi, Furoridaroiyarupaamu • Malay: palma diraja • Norwegian: kongepalme • Portuguese: palmeira real • Spanish: chaguaramo, palma real, palma real Cubana

 

Native to: Caribbean Islands, the adjacent coasts of Florida, Central and South America

  

References: Flowers of IndiaFloridataWikipediaNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.

Malaysia.

(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).

 

Buttress - steep plank and spreading. Buttress almost a wall at close view and may reach up to ca. 6-8 m high.

 

Irvingia malayana Oliv. ex A.W.Benn. Irvingiaceae, also placed in Simaroubaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Kebayang, Merelang, Pauh kijang, Asem pau, Batu, Kayu batu, Euselu, Kayu tulang, Kayu tulung, Kerangi, Melenna gunung, Patok entilit, Pau kijang, Pau kijaang, Selangan tandok, Tengilan], Wild almond, Barking deer's mango. Distribution - Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (throughout the island). Widespread in lowland forest in peninsular Malaysia. Emergent tree up to 59 m tall and 117 cm dbh. Fruits ca. 46 mm long, green-yellow, drupes. The wood is used for heavy construction, knife handles and furniture. The seeds are edible and also used to extract fat for soap, wax and candles.

 

Synonym(s):

Irvingella harmandiana Tiegh.

Irvingella malayana (Oliv. ex A.W.Benn.) Tiegh.

Irvingella oliveri (Pierre) Tiegh.

Irvingia harmandiana Pierre ex Laness. [Invalid]

Irvingia longipedicellata Gagnep. [Invalid]

Irvingia oliveri Pierre

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2866799

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20450

www.asianplant.net/Irvingiaceae/Irvingia_malayana.htm

www.biotik.org/laos/species/i/irvma/irvma_en.html

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Irvingia.html

www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/53006224.pdf

Arecaceae (palm family) » Dypsis lutescens

 

¿ DIP-sis ? -- ???

loo-TESS-enz: -- yellowish

 

commonly known as: bamboo palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, golden cane palm, golden feather palm, golden-yellow palm, Madagascar palm, yellow palm

 

Native to: Madagascar; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaTopTropicalsDave's GardenM.M.P.N.D.

Capparaceae (caper family) » Capparis zeylanica

 

KAP-ar-iss -- from the Greek kápparis, originating in the Near or Middle East

zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

 

commonly known as: Ceylon caper • Bengali: kalokera • Gujarati: ગોવિંદકળ govindakal, kakhbilado, karrallura • Hindi: ardanda, jhiris • Kannada: ಮುಳ್ಳುಕತ್ತರಿ mullukattari, totulla • Konkani: वाघांटी vaghamti • Malayalam: karthotti • Marathi: गोविंदी govindi, कडूवाघांटी kaduvaghanti, वाघांटी vaghanti • Nepalese: ban kera • Punjabi: ਗਰਨਾ garna, ਕਰਵੀਲਾ karwila, ਕਰਵੀਲੂੰ karwilun • Rajasthani: gitoranj • Sanskrit: करम्भ karambha, तपसप्रिय tapasapriya, व्याघ्रनखी vyaghra nakhi • Tamil: ஆதொண்டை atontai, காற்றோட்டி karrotti • Telugu: ఆరుదొండ arudonda

 

Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indochina

  

References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.eFlora

Arecaceae (palm family) » Phoenix sylvestris

 

FEE-niks -- from the Greek name for a date palm

sil-VESS-triss -- from Latin silva (wood), of the woods, growing wild

 

commonly known as: date-sugar palm, Indian wild date, Indian winepalm, silver date palm, sugar date palm, sugar palm, wild date • Assamese: খাজুৰি khaajuri • Bengali: খর্জূর kharjura, খেজুর khejura • Gujarati: ખજૂરી khajuri • Hindi: खजूर khajur, सेंधी sendhi • Kannada: ಈಚಲು ichalu, ಖರ್ಜೂರ kharjura • Konkani: खाज्जूर khajjur • Malayalam: കാടിനൊത്ത kaattiintha, കാട്ടീന്തല്‍ kaattiinthal, നീലന്തെണ്ട് niilanthent • Manipuri: থাঙতুপ thangtup • Marathi: खारीक kharik, खर्जूर kharjur, खर्जूरी kharjuri, शिंद shinda, शिंदी shindi • Nepalese: kandela, taadii • Oriya: khorjurri • Punjabi: khajur • Sanskrit: खर्जूरः kharjurh, खर्जूरी kharjuri, नेपाली nepali • Tamil: ஈந்துபனை inthupaanai, காட்டீஞ்சு kattinchu • Telugu: ఈత ita • Urdu: کهجور khajur

 

Native to: India, Nepal; cultivated elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINeFloraM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHTDDSA

Zingiberaceae (ginger family) » Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'

 

al-PIN-ee-uh -- named for Prospero Alpino, Italian botanist

ZER-um-bet -- derived from a Persian word

 

commonly known as: butterfly ginger, light galangal, pink porcelain lily, shell flower, shell ginger

 

Native to: India, eastern Asia

  

References: Flowers of IndiaFloridataWikipediaPIER species infoM.M.P.N.D.

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata

 

kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali

glad-ee-AY-tuh -- meaning, sword-like

 

commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര്‍ vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem

 

Native to: paleotropics

  

References: ARS - GRINWikipediaM.M.P.N.D.

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata

 

kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali

glad-ee-AY-tuh -- meaning, sword-like

 

commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര്‍ vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem

 

Native to: paleotropics

  

References: ARS - GRINWikipediaM.M.P.N.D.

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana

 

FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig

ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist

 

commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Gujarati: ખડક પાયર khadak payar • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല്‍ kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi

 

Native to: India, Sri Lanka

  

References: Flowers of IndiaSri MahabodhiyaEthnobotanical leafletsM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHT

 

Malaysia

(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).

 

Anaxagorea javanica Blume [Anaxagorea javanica Blume var. javanica]. Annonaceae. CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Guring, Bunga lerak, Kekapur, Pelir musang, Sekobang kecil, Sekobang, Sesundo bukit, Pali monyet, Pali munyit; Indonesia - Lampiu, Akar angin, Atis, Bunga pompun, Champun, Shampuun, Champun betong, Larak lecek. Thailand: Kekapur, Kingchong], Twin seed. Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Taiwan to Borneo. Shrub or small tree 4-6 m. high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, apex acute or acuminate, base slightly acute, glabrous, width 4-10 cm., length 10-26 cm., petiole length 5-22 mm. Flower(s) 1-4, terminal and extraaxillary, fragrant; pedicels 1 cm; sepals 3, oblong, glabrous, petals 3, elliptic, glabrous; apex acute, width 12-14 mm., length 14-16 mm., inner apex acute, greenish outside, white inside. Fruits follicle, gradually narrowed into a stalk; carpels 4-8 clavate. Seed(s) 2, black, shining. Habitat - lowland forest. Flowers for heart tonic, whole plants mixed with Desmos chinensis Lour. whole plants in bath for rehabilitation of drug addicts.

  

Synonym(s):

Fissistigma fuscum (Craib) R.E.Fr.

Melodorum fuscum Craib

Mitrephora crassipetala Ridl.

Anaxagorea scortechinii King

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2636371

www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...

www.asianplant.net/Annonaceae/Anaxagorea_javanica.htm

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Anaxagorea.html

Euphorbiaceae (castor, euphorbia, or spurge family) » Mallotus philippensis

 

mal-LOH-tus -- meaning fleecy, referring to the seed capsule

fil-lip-EN-sis -- of or from the Philippines; also spelled philippinensis

 

commonly known as: dyer's rottlera, kamala dye tree, monkey face tree, orange kamala, red kamala, scarlet croton • Bengali: কমলা kamala • Hindi: कामला kamala, रैनी raini, रोहन rohan, रोहिनी rohini, सिन्धुरी sinduri • Kannada: ಕುಮ್ಕುಮದ ಮರ kunkuma-damara • Malayalam: ചെങ്കൊല്ലി cenkolli, കുങ്കുമപ്പൂമരം kunkumappuumaram, കുരങ്ങുമഞ്ഞശ് kurangumanjas, നാവട്ട naavatta, നൂറിമരം nuurimaram • Marathi: केशरी kesari, शेंदरी shendri • Sanskrit: काम्पिल्यक kampilyaka • Tamil: கபிலப்பொடி kapila poti, குரங்குமஞ்சணாறி kuranku-mañcanari • Telugu:కుంకుమ చెట్టు kunkuma-chettu

 

Native to: China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia

  

References: M.M.P.N.D.World Agroforestry CentreForest Flora of Andhra Pradesh

SGG project - Working note:

BN: Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.

VN: Temu hitam, Temu ireng, Temu erang, Temu lotong, Kunyit hitam (also sharing vernacular name with Kaempferia parviflora and Curcuma caesia], Kha min dam, Pink and blue ginger.

Source: BD, Lang, Kd

ACQ Date: 130715-0034-July 15, 2013

 

Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. Zingiberaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Temu hitam, Temu ireng, Temu erang, Temu lotong, Kunyit hitam (also sharing vernacular name with Kaempferia parviflora and Curcuma caesia], Kha min dam, Pink and blue ginger. Pink inflorescence that emerge before the red-stained foliage. Used in folk medicines for rheumatic, cough, asthma and as anthelmintic.

 

Botanical description:

A herb with rhizome up to 16 cm long and 3 cm thick, outside grey and shiny, tips pink, inside bluish or blue-green with white cortex. Leaf sheaths to 50 cm long, blades elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, 30-80 cm x 9-20 cm, green with wide purplish-brown suffusion on each side of midrib on distal half. Inflorescence on a separate shoot, bracts pale green, coma bracts purple; corolla about 4.5 cm long, deep crimson-pink. Labellum about 17 mm x 17 mm, pale yellow with deep yellow median band, other staminodes longitudinally folded, pale yellow, anther spurred.

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-235184

www.itmonline.org/arts/turmeri3.htm

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Curcuma.html

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_aeruginosa

id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temu_hitam

www.wangtaching.com/herbal-supplements-chinese-thailand/c...

www.impgc.com/plantinfo_B.php?id=1987

Birth place: Yedo, near Tokyo

Date of birth: 16 Aug 1876

Parents: Rev. Samuel Gilfillan McLaren and his wife Marjory Millar, née Bruce, of Foreign Settlement, Japan

1911 census occupation and address: Visitor, Lecturer In Mathematics at Birmingham University, St Davids College, Lampeter

Death date: 13 Aug 1916

Rank: Lieutenant (T)

Regiment: Corps of Royal Engineers

Battalion: 35Th Div Sig Co

Death location: France

Type of casualty: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Cemetery/memorial name: Abbeville Communal Cemetery

Grave/memorial reference: VI. L. 16.

Honours/awards: Victory and British Medals

 

Link to Reading University College:

1913 accepted the Chair in Mathematics at University College, Reading

Listed as Professor of Mathematics for years 1913-14, 1914-15 and 1915-16

Member of Reading University College Officers' Training Corps (RUCOTC)

 

Additional information:

Australia DNB entry: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mclaren-samuel-bruce-7409

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_McLaren

www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/mcla/mcla.htm

www.eoas.info/biogs/P001289b.htm

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus arnottiana

 

FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for Fig

ar-not-ee-AH-nuh -- named for George Arnold Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist

 

commonly known as: Indian rock fig, rock pipal, waved-leaved fig tree, wild pipal • Hindi: bassari, palhi, पारस पिपल paras pipal, pilkhan, पिंपली pimpli • Kannada: ಕಲ್ಲ ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥ kalla ashvattha • Malayalam: കല്ലരയാല്‍ kallarayal • Marathi: पायर payar, कडक पाईर kadak payer, पिपळी pipli • Sanskrit: परीस parisah, प्लावक plavaka, प्लवंग plavanga • Tamil: கொடியரசு kotiyarasu • Telugu: కల్లరావి kallaravi, కొండ రావి konda ravi

 

Native to:India, Sri Lanka

  

References: Sri MahabodhiyaEthnobotanical leafletsM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHT

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: World Agroforestry CentreNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS - FRLHT

Malvaceae (mallow family) » Gossypium hirsutum

 

gos-SIP-ee-um -- from Latin gossypion, name used by Pliny the Elder to describe cotton

her-SOO-tum -- hairy

 

commonly known as: American cotton, American upland cotton, Bourbon cotton, common cotton, Mexican Cotton, upland cotton, wild cotton • Assamese: কপাহ kapah • Bengali: কাপাস kapasa, কার্পাস karpasa • Gujarati: કાપસ OR કપાસ kapas • Hindi: कार्पास karpas, कार्पासी karpasi • Kannada: ಹತ್ತಿ hatti • Konkani: कापस kapas, काप्पुस kappus • Malayalam: കാര്‍പ്പാസം kaarppaasam • Marathi: कार्पास karpasa • Nepalese: कपास् kapas • Punjabi: ਕਪਾਹ kapah, ਕੁਪਾਹ kupah • Sanskrit: चित्रदण्डकः chitradandakah, गुडा guda, कर्पासः karpasah, कार्पासी karpasi, कार्पासिका karpasika • Tamil: பருத்தி parutti • Telugu: ప్రత్తి pratti • Urdu: کارپاس karpas, کارپاسي karpasi

 

Native to, and cultivated in: tropical North and Central America

Introduced, and cultivated in: tropical Old World countries

  

References: WikipediaM.M.P.N.D.kapasindiaENVIS - FRLHTDDSA

The historic gothic-style Law Quad building at the University of Melbourne, built in 1874.

 

Shot on Ilford SFX 200 black-and-white film

 

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A commemorative pin presented to me upon my graduation from the University of Melbourne.

 

The pin is a replica of the University of Melbourne coat-of-arms, which was granted in 1863. The Latin motto reads Postera Crescam Laude which means "to grow in the esteem of future generations".

 

I thought this pin would be a good exercise in macro photography.

Malaysia

(Image credit Ahmad Fitri, Malaysia).

 

Anaxagorea javanica Blume [Anaxagorea javanica Blume var. javanica]. Annonaceae. CN: Malay and regional vernacular names - Guring, Bunga lerak, Kekapur, Pelir musang, Sekobang kecil, Sekobang, Sesundo bukit, Pali monyet, Pali munyit; Indonesia - Lampiu, Akar angin, Atis, Bunga pompun, Champun, Shampuun, Champun betong, Larak lecek. Thailand: Kekapur, Kingchong], Twin seed. Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Taiwan to Borneo. Shrub or small tree 4-6 m. high. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, apex acute or acuminate, base slightly acute, glabrous, width 4-10 cm., length 10-26 cm., petiole length 5-22 mm. Flower(s) 1-4, terminal and extraaxillary, fragrant; pedicels 1 cm; sepals 3, oblong, glabrous, petals 3, elliptic, glabrous; apex acute, width 12-14 mm., length 14-16 mm., inner apex acute, greenish outside, white inside. Fruits follicle, gradually narrowed into a stalk; carpels 4-8 clavate. Seed(s) 2, black, shining. Habitat - lowland forest. Flowers for heart tonic, whole plants mixed with Desmos chinensis Lour. whole plants in bath for rehabilitation of drug addicts.

  

Synonym(s):

Fissistigma fuscum (Craib) R.E.Fr.

Melodorum fuscum Craib

Mitrephora crassipetala Ridl.

Anaxagorea scortechinii King

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

FRIM Flora Database

Kamus Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia.

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2636371

www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...

www.asianplant.net/Annonaceae/Anaxagorea_javanica.htm

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Anaxagorea.html

Taken at the University of Melbourne on the playing fields where some of the astronomy people had set up a telescope with projection onto a screen.

An interactive view from the top of Buzzard's Roost Heritage Preserve (requires shockwave - a free, one-time, automatic download).

 

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Tripod: Manfrotto

Tripod head: Manfrotto 322RC2 Tripod Head with Nodal Ninja

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Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Vitex negundo L. Verbenaceae. CN: [Malay - Lagundi, Legundi, Lemuni, Lemuni hitam], Chinese chastetree, Five-leaf chastetree. Leaf decoction used in traditional post-natal treatment and for dying foodstuffs in localised community. Shoots also eaten raw or blanched as Malay salad.

 

Synonyms:

Vitex arborea Desf.

Vitex bicolor Willd.

Vitex paniculata Lam.

 

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Vitex.html#rotundif...

   

Zingiberaceae (ginger family) » Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'

 

al-PIN-ee-uh -- named for Prospero Alpino, Italian botanist

ZER-um-bet -- derived from a Persian word

 

commonly known as: butterfly ginger, light galangal, pink porcelain lily, shell flower, shell ginger

 

Native to: India, eastern Asia

  

References: Flowers of IndiaFloridataWikipediaPIER species infoM.M.P.N.D.

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Gujarati: લોદરી lodari • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaWorld Agroforestry CentreNPGSM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Vitex negundo L. Verbenaceae. CN: [Malay - Lagundi, Legundi, Lemuni, Lemuni hitam], Chinese chastetree, Five-leaf chastetree. Leaf decoction used in traditional post-natal treatment and for dying foodstuffs in localised communities. Shoots also eaten raw or blanched as Malay salad.

 

Synonyms:

Vitex arborea Desf.

Vitex bicolor Willd.

Vitex paniculata Lam.

 

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Vitex.html#rotundif...

    

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Canavalia gladiata

 

kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali

glad-ee-AY-tuh -- meaning, sword-like

 

commonly known as: Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, scimitar bean, sword bean • Assamese: kamtal urahi • Hindi: मक्खन सेम makkhan sem • Kannada: ಶಿಮ್ಬೆ ಅವರೆ shimbe avare • Malayalam: വാള് പയര്‍ vaal payara • Manipuri: তেবী tebi • Marathi: अबई abai • Sanskrit: आशीशिम्बी aasishimbi, महाशिम्बी mahashimbi • Urdu: مکهن سيم makkhan sem

 

Native to: paleotropics

  

References: ARS - GRINWikipediaM.M.P.N.D.

Flacourtiaceae (coffee plum family) » Flacourtia indica

 

flak-KOOR-tee-uh -- named for Etienne de Flacourt, director of the Fr. East India Company

IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh -- of or from India

 

commonly known as: batoka plum, flacourtia, governor’s plum, Indian plum, Madagascar plum, Mauritius plum, Rhodesia plum • Gujarati: લોદરી lodari • Hindi: बिलाङ्गड़ा bilangada • Konkani: बाभुळी तांबट babhuli tambat • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli • Marathi: अठरुन athruna, तांबूट tambut • Sanskrit: श्रृववृक्ष shruvavrikksha • Tamil: சொத்தைக்களா cottai-k-kala • Telugu: నక్కనేరేడు nakka-neredu

 

Native to: tropical Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaWorld Agroforestry CentreNPGSM.M.P.N.D.ENVIS

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Ficus hispida

 

FY-kus or FIK-us from the Latin for fig

HISS-pih-duh -- with bristly hairs

 

commonly known as: devil fig, hairy fig, opposite-leaved fig-tree, rough-leaved fig • Gujarati: ધેડ ઉંબર dhed umbar • Hindi: गोबला gobla, कगशा kagsha, काला उम्बर kala umbar, कटगूलरिया katgularia, फल्गु phalgu • Kannada: ಅಡವಿ ಅತ್ತಿ adavi atti, ಕದ ಅತ್ತಿ kada atti • Konkani: खरवोटी kharvoti • Malayalam: എരുമനാക്ക് erumanaakk, കാട്ടത്തി kaattaththi, പാറകം paarakam • Marathi: बोकेडा bokeda, बोखाडा bokhada, बोखेडा bokheda, धेड उंबर dhed umbar, काळा उंबर kala umbar, करवती karavati • Nepalese: खोथया दुमरी kothaya-dumari • Sanskrit: काकोदुम्बरिका kakodumbarika, मलयूः malayuhu, फल्गु phalgu, फणिका phanika • Tamil: பேயத்தி peyatti • Telugu: బొమ్మమేడి bomma-medi

 

Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia, northern Australia

  

References: eFloraNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.

Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Anthoshorea roxburghii (G.Don) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck syn. Shorea roxburghii G. Don. Dipterocarpaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Meranti temak nipis, Meranti temak, Melapi (Sabah, Sarawak), Meranti puteh, Meranti putih (Indonesia), Tengkawang (West Kalimantan); Thailand - Kayom, Khaen, Phayom, Phayom dong], White meranti. Distribution - India, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam. Tree, sometimes big. Habitat - lowlands, sometimes on limestone; in dry evergreen or deciduous forest and bamboo forest, often on sandy soils. Unusual for its adaptation to withstand adverse climatic conditions and soil types. Tree an important timber and resin source. An IUCN Red List Endangered species.

 

Homotypic Synonyms:

Shorea roxburghii G.Don

 

Heterotypic Synonyms:

Anthoshorea harmandii Pierre

Hopea floribunda Wall.

Saul iallarea Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.

Shorea attopoensis Pierre

Shorea cochinchinensis Pierre

Shorea cochinchinensis var. saigonensis Pierre

Shorea floribunda Kurz

Shorea harmandii Pierre

Shorea laccifera B.Heyne ex Wall.

Shorea laurifolia Wall. ex Steud.

Shorea robusta Roth

Shorea robusta A.DC.

Shorea saigonensis (Pierre) Pierre

Shorea talura Roxb.

Shorea talura var. saigonensis (Pierre) Smitinand

Vatica laccifera Wight & Arn.

 

Ref.:

FRIM Flora Database

powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:772179...

www.mybis.gov.my/sp/69460

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2592562

www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/wd/asps/D...

www.iucnredlist.org/details/33028/0

akitia.com/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1-...

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Shorea.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorea_roxburghii

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F4-431-28054-5_13#page-1

 

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia.

 

Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) H.W. Schott & Endl. Araceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi telur, Ubi Tawi (Kelantan); Indonesia - Talas belitung, Kimpul, Busil, Bote], Ape (Hawaii), Arrowleaf elephant ear, Blue tannia, Blue taro, Coco, Cocoyam, Eddo, Green arrow elephant ears, Japanese potatoes, Malanga, Malanga blanca, New cocoyam, Ocumo, Purplestem taro, Rosy malanga, Sato-Imo, Tania, Tannia, Yautia, Yautia amarilla, Yautia blanco. Native to the Caribbean, northern and western South America. Stem, shoot and tuber edible. Many varieties, some having blue tubers.

 

Synonym(s):

Alocasia talihan Elmer Ex Merr.

Arum nigrum Vell.

Arum sagittifolium L. (basionym)

Arum xanthorrhizon Jacq.

Caladium edule G. Mey.

Caladium mafaffa Engl.

Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent.

Caladium utile Engl.

Caladium xanthorrhizon (Jacq.) Willd.

Philodendron nigrum Kunth

Xanthosoma appendiculatum Schott

Xanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. appendiculatum (Schott) Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. hybridum K. Koch

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. panduriforme Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. versicolor K. Koch

Xanthosoma blandum Schott

Xanthosoma edule (G. Mey.) Schott

Xanthosoma ianthinum K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma jacquinii Schott

Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott

Xanthosoma mafaffa var. blandum (Schott) Engl.

Xanthosoma mafaffa var. typicum Engl.

Xanthosoma nigrum Stellfeld

Xanthosoma peregrinum Griseb.

Xanthosoma poeppigii var. mafaffa (Schott) J. F. Macbr.

Xanthosoma roseum Schott

Xanthosoma utile K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Xanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K. Koch

 

Ref and suggested reading:

zipcodezoo.com/Plants/x/Xanthosoma_sagittifolium/

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Xanthosoma.html#sag...

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42090

www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=1692

www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/walter-w-skeat/pagan-races...

<a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)" rel="nofollow">www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia,%20yautia%2...

Image of the bottom of the HS02 headset showing a High-Q Tx Coil interface. Three (3) coil drivers were removed from HS01 requirements and subsequently replaced with a (fallback) single Tx transmit coil driver on HS02 to make room for a galvanically isolated percutaneous plug interface. The loan planar Tx coil is driven via a 50MHz DDS that includes programmable quadrature phase and dual frequency high-speed modulation control lines via feed directly from the Virtex6 FPGA. Also included in this power transfer block are voltage and current monitoring circuits including logarithmic impedance and phase converter IC providing precision monitoring of transformer load characteristics

Click for an interactive view of the Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve (requires shockwave - a free, one-time, automatic download).

 

Camera: Nikon D100

Lense: AF-S DX Nikkor 18-70 mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

Tripod: Manfrotto

Tripod head: Manfrotto 322RC2 Tripod Head with Nodal Ninja

Photos: 9 + 9 + 9 + 2 = 29 photos (three rows plus zenith and nadir)

Software: Stitched with PTGui (but warped with Panorama Tools); Blended with Enblend plugin; No photoshop; EXIFTool to add the EXIF info from the first photo.

Original Image: 10,000 x 5,000 pixels; 17.9 MB

Maps: Google Earth (requires Google Earth) | Street | Satellite | Hybrid | Nautical | Topo

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.

 

An old friend, Pak Leh, showing his "Keladi teloq" (Keladi telur). Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) H.W. Schott & Endl. Araceae. CN: [Malay - Keladi telur, Ubi Tawi (Kelantan); Indonesia - Talas belitung, Kimpul, Busil, Bote], Ape (Hawaii), Arrowleaf elephant ear, Blue tannia, Blue taro, Coco, Cocoyam, Eddo, Green arrow elephant ears, Japanese potatoes, Malanga, Malanga blanca, New cocoyam, Ocumo, Purplestem taro, Rosy malanga, Sato-Imo, Tania, Tannia, Yautia, Yautia amarilla, Yautia blanco. Native to the Caribbean, northern and western South America. Stem, shoot and tuber edible. Many varieties, some having blue tubers.

 

Synonym(s):

Alocasia talihan Elmer Ex Merr.

Arum nigrum Vell.

Arum sagittifolium L. (basionym)

Arum xanthorrhizon Jacq.

Caladium edule G. Mey.

Caladium mafaffa Engl.

Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent.

Caladium utile Engl.

Caladium xanthorrhizon (Jacq.) Willd.

Philodendron nigrum Kunth

Xanthosoma appendiculatum Schott

Xanthosoma atrovirens K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. appendiculatum (Schott) Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. hybridum K. Koch

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. panduriforme Engl.

Xanthosoma atrovirens var. versicolor K. Koch

Xanthosoma blandum Schott

Xanthosoma edule (G. Mey.) Schott

Xanthosoma ianthinum K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma jacquinii Schott

Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott

Xanthosoma mafaffa var. blandum (Schott) Engl.

Xanthosoma mafaffa var. typicum Engl.

Xanthosoma nigrum Stellfeld

Xanthosoma peregrinum Griseb.

Xanthosoma poeppigii var. mafaffa (Schott) J. F. Macbr.

Xanthosoma roseum Schott

Xanthosoma utile K. Koch and C. D. Bouché

Xanthosoma violaceum Schott

Xanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K. Koch

 

Ref and suggested reading:

zipcodezoo.com/Plants/x/Xanthosoma_sagittifolium/

www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Xanthosoma.html#sag...

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42090

www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=1692

www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/walter-w-skeat/pagan-races...

<a href="http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia, yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)" rel="nofollow">www.fao.org/docrep/t0646e/T0646E0o.htm#Tannia,%20yautia%2...

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Old Commerce Building, University of Melbourne. Built 1941. Now part of Architecture.

Arecaceae (palm family) » Dypsis lutescens

 

¿ DIP-sis ? -- ???

loo-TESS-enz: -- yellowish

 

commonly known as: bamboo palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, golden cane palm, golden feather palm, golden-yellow palm, Madagascar palm, yellow palm

 

Native to: Madagascar; naturalized elsewhere

  

References: Flowers of IndiaTopTropicalsDave's GardenM.M.P.N.D.

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