On the Flora of the Eastern Coast of the Malay Peninsula

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893. Excerpt: ... ROYDSIA PARVIFLORA, Griff. Flowers white. Kwala Tembeling. Crat-va Roxburghii, E. Br., var. Narvala. A fair-sized tree with large leaves, glaucous beneath, and big, rough, greyish-green fruits. At Pulau Rumput on the Pahang River, and on an islet in the Tahan River. Violacej3. Alsodeia Echinocarpa, Korth. A large bush, more rarely a tree. Very common in Pahang, also at Pulau Tawar and Tanjong Antan. A. MEMBRANACEA, King. A little way up the river above Pekan; collected by Dr. Haviland. A. Kunstleriana, King. Tanjong Antan, Pahang River. Neckia Humilis, Hook. Tahan woods by the river; very local. The genus has not hitherto been recorded except from Borneo. I have recently, however, received specimens of another species from Lingga Island, and of the abovenamed one from Gunong Janeng (2000 feet alt.) in Johore. BIXINE. Bixa Orellana, Linn. Cultivated here and there, and half wild in many places. SCOLOPIA RHINANTHERA, CloS. Near Pekan. A straggling thorny bush with greenish flowers. Flacourtia Rukam, Zoll. & Mor. Common in thickets round Pekan. The plant most frequently cultivated is F. cataphracta, Roxb., and this is the species really known as "Rukum," and gives the best fruit. Pangium Edule, Reinw. A big tree on the river-banks at Kwala Tembeling. The fruit was quite smooth and brown, not spotted with white as Blume figures it. It is called " Payung" or " Kapayung" by the natives. The oily seeds are pounded and the oil used in medicine, &c.; but it is also used for attracting fish, in the form of a dark brown odorous substance, a small quantity of which is thrown into the water and stirred about, and in a few minutes the fish come to the spot. A native who possessed a bamboo-full threw some into a deep hole in the river, and on firing a charge of dynamite...