Numbered trees at Pang Soon


Tree Nr Botanical Name Family Use or Importance
160 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
161 Erythrina stricta Roxb. Leguminosae, Papilionoideae birds drink flower nectar
162 Anacolosa ilicoides Mast. Olacaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
163 Xanthophyllum flavescens Roxb. Polygalaceae construction, firewood
164 Dillenia parviflora Griff. var. kerrii (Craib) Hoogl. Dilleniaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
165 Betula alnoides Ham. ex D. Don Betulaceae bark used as tonic and to denature alcohol
166 Castanopsis acuminatissima (Bl.) A. DC. Fagaceae nuts eaten by animals
167 Wendlandia tinctoria (Roxb.) DC. Rubiaceae flowers visited by bees, firewood
168 Aglaia lawii (Wight) Sald. & Rama. Meliaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
169 Metadina trichotoma (Zoll. & Mor.) Bakh. f. Rubiaceae flowers visited by insects, firewood
170 Olea rosea Craib Oleaceae animals eat fruit, firewood
171 Sarcosperma arboreum Bth. Sapotaceae animals eat fruits, wood products
172 Premna fulva Craib Verbenaceae woody climber, animals eat fruit
173 Semecarpus cochinchinensis Engl. Anacardiaceae fruits edible but some people are allergic to various parts of this sumac-related species. Sap used as wood coating/polish
174 Garcinia speciosa Wall. Guttiferae edible aril (man and animals), firewood, young leaves added to curries or eaten in salads
175 Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Bl. Lauraceae animals eat fruit, bark used as spice, firewood
176 Bridelia glauca Bl. var. glauca Euphorbiaceae some plants spiny, fruits eaten by animals
177 Ixora cibdela Craib var. puberula Craib Rubiaceae animals eat fruits
178 Mallotus khasianus Hk. f. Euphorbiaceae firewood
179 Cissus adnata (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.)   Roxb. Vitaceae woody climber, animals eat fruit
180 Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walp. Sonneratiaceae birds drink flower nectar
181 Markhamia stipulata (Wall.) Seem. ex K. Sch. var. stipulata Bignoniaceae pollinated by bats, flowers boiled and eaten by man
182 Gmelina arborea Roxb. Verbenaceae animals eat fruits, construction (house posts)
183 Canarium subulatum Guill. Burseraceae fruits eaten by animals
184 Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R. Parker Meliaceae seeds eaten by animals
185 Castanopsis diversifolia ( Kurz) King ex Hk. f. Fagaceae nuts eaten by animals & man, construction, firewood
186 Semecarpus cochinchinensis Engl. Anacardiaceae fruits edible but some people are allergic to various parts of this sumac-related species. Sap used as wood coating/polish
187 Olea salicifolia Wall. ex G. Don Oleaceae fruits eaten by animals, firewood
188 Bridelia glauca Bl. var. glauca Euphorbiaceae some plants spiny, fruits eaten by animals
189 Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A.DC.. Fagaceae acorns edible (roasted), eaten (planted) by rodents etc. firewood
190 Litsea (Neolitsea) zeylanica (Nees) Nees Lauraceae fruits eaten by animals, firewood
191 Alstonia rostrata Fischer Apocynaceae firewood, construction
192 Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey. ex Arn. Icacinaceae fruits eaten by animals
193 Lithocarpus elegans (Bl.) Hatus. ex Soep. Fagaceae nuts eaten by animals, firewood
194 Schefflera benghalensis Gamb. Araliaceae epiphytis/epilithis shrub, fruits eaten by birds
195 Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.) Hk. f. forma bengalensis Rosaceae fruits eaten by animals firewood
196 Adinandra integerrima T.   And. ex Dyer Theaceae fruits eaten by animals, flowers visited by insects, firewood, construction
197 Macropanax undulatus (Wall. ex G. Don) Seem. Araliaceae birds eat fruit
198 Memecylon umbellatum Burm. f. Melastomataceae animals & birds eat fruit, firewood. Hard, durable wood used to make tool handles & small implements
199 Trevesia palmata (DC.) Vis. Araliaceae treelet, boiled inflorescences, especially when immature eaten my man
200 Semecarpus cochinchinensis Engl. Anacardiaceae vide #186 - the bumps in the trunk are overgrown scars of a bamboo peg ladder
201 Zanthoxylum evediaefolium Guill. or [ Z. ovalifolium Wight var. sepiarum (Wight) Hk. f.] Rutaceae an extremely rare species
202 Dinochloa maclellandii (Munro) Kurz Gramineae, Bambusoideae a scrambling bamboo, edible shoots an minor construction,(fences, baskets etc.) see page 8