Numbered trees at Pang Soon


Tree Nr Botanical Name Family Use or Importance
39 Casearia grewiifolia Vent. var. gelonioides (Bl.) Sleum. Flacourtiaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
40 Memecylon umbellatum Burm. f. Melastomataceae animals & birds eat fruit, firewood, hard, durable wood used to make tool handles & small implements
41 Trevesia palmata (DC.) Vis. Araliaceae boiled inflorescences, especially when immature eaten my man
42 Dalbergia cultrata Grah. ex Bth. Leguminosae, Papilionoideae insects visit flowers, firewood
43 Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lec. Thymelaeacae rotted wood used to make insense (very valuable), animals eat leaves, birds eat seeds
44 Celtis tetrandra Roxb. Ulmaceae not used as firewood   because of bad smell
45 Rhaphidophora glauca (Wall.) Schott Araceae insects visit flowers, fruits eaten by small animals
46 Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack Rutaceae fresh branches & leaves boiled to produce liquid used to wash wounds
47 Lepisanthes tetraphylla (Vahl) Radlk. Sapindaceae firewood, animals eat fruits
48 Ficus altissima Bl. (on Bischofia javanica Bl.) Moraceae figs eaten by animals, dependence on fig wasps, "strangler"
49 Bischofia javanica Bl. Euphorbiaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
50 Dimocarpus longan Lour. ssp. longan var. longan Sapindaceae juicy arils eaten by animals & man, firewood. Improved strains grown commercially as longan fruit
51 Ostodes paniculata Bl. Euphorbiaceae boiled sap used as medicine for muscle pains
52 Clausena lenis Drake Rutaceae birds eat fruit
53 Litchi chinensis Sonn. ssp. chinensis Sapindaceae commercial litchi (lychee) from China, man eats edible sarcotesta (flesh surrounding seeds)
54 Prunus cerasoides D. Don Rosaceae fruits eaten by man and animals
55 Dendrocalamus giganteus (Wall.) Munro Gramineae, Bambusoideae edible shoots (immature culms), general construction, fences, see page 8
56 Polyalthia simiarum (Ham. ex Hk. f. & Th.) Bth. ex Hk. f. & Th. Annonaceae animals eat monocarps, firewood
57 Uvaria rufa Bl. Annonaceae monocarps eaten by animals & man
58 Solanum wrightii Bth. Solanaceae ornamental from Peru
59 Sandoricum koetjape (Burm. f.) Merr. Meliaceae man & animals eats edible sarcotesta (flesh surrounding seeds), often cultivated
60 Lepisanthes tetraphylla (Vahl) Radlk. Sapindaceae firewood, animals eat fruits
61 Aquilaria crassna Pierre ex Lec. Thymelaeacae rotted wood used to make insense (very valuable), animals eat leaves, birds eat seeds
62 Connarus semidecandrus Jack Connaraceae roots boiled to produce liquid used as an emetic
63 Celastrus monospermus Roxb. Celastraceae bark used to denature alcohol
64 Spondias lakonensis Pierre Anacardiaceae birds eat fruit
65 Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C. B. Rob. var. glutinosa Lauraceae construction, firewood, smaller animals and larger birds eat fruit
66 Antidesma montanum Bl. var montanum Euphorbiaceae birds & small mammals eat fruits, young leaves used in curries
67 Polyalthia simiarum (Ham. ex Hk. f. & Th.) Bth. ex Hk. f. & Th. Annonaceae animals eat monocarps, firewood
68 Spondias lakonensis Pierre Anacardiaceae birds eat fruit
69 Spondias axillaris Roxb. Anacardiaceae construction, animals eat fruits
70 Memecylon umbellatum Burm. f. Melastomataceae
71 Actinodaphine henryi Gamb. Lauraceae animals eat fruit, firewood
72 Harpullia cupanioides Roxb. Sapindaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
73 Calophyllum polyanthum Wall. ex Pl. & Tr. Guttiferae firewood, construction, animals eat fruit. Now scarce all over region due to extirpation of larger mammals which dispersed seeds
74 Miliusa cuneata Craib Annonaceae animals eat monocarps
75 Unidentified   construction
76 Beilschmiedia aff. percoriacea Allen var. ciliata H.W.Li Lauraceae animals eat fruits
77 Lithocarpus spicatus (Sm) Rehd. & Wils. var. brevipetiolatus (A.DC.) Rehd. & Wils. Fagaceae animals eat nuts, firewood