Durio lowianus

(May also be family Bombacaceae or Durionaceae — disputed)

durian daun

Sumatra, Malaya (all states exc Perlis, Penang,

Malacca). Big tree to 50m, flowers sometimes

have bright red petals, fruits green to yellow;

closely resembles D. malaccensis. 1 fr TH 11.09

(May also be family Bombacaceae or Durionaceae — disputed)

Terengganu, Selangor, NS, Melaka, Johor; Sumatra. Med. tree to 35 m,
1m girth. Flowers mainly on trunk, esp. lower part. Petals white tipped
with pink. Fruits red, globular.

(May also be family Bombacaceae or Durionaceae — disputed)

Widespread in cultivation in the Asiatic tropics, possibly wild in Sumatra and Borneo. Large tree to 40 m and 3m girth. Lower surface of leaf blade densely covered with silvery or golden scales.

Only one species in Malaya, recognized by membranous fruit dispersed
with seeds attached while Sterculia fruits and seeds are
dispersed separately. Deciduous after dry, then orange flowers (Corner’s
cover) quickly followed by fruit.

Indo-China, Siam, Malesia to Celebes. Widely distributed through Malaya,
except Perlis, Penang, Malacca.Lowland & hill forests to 600m.
Lg. tree to 43m and 3m girth. Thin buttresses, bark grey fawn , cracking
scaly. Terminal bud pointed, covered w/powdery hairs.

About 20 spp. from India to Moluku, 6 spp. Malaya. Leaves alternate,
asymmetric with obliquely heart-shaped base, coppery/rusty under.
Young twigs hairy, stipules entire, sapling leaves like adult but
with brownish tomentum. Uncommon, not south of Negri Sembilan.

To 50m, dense crown, plank buttresses. Old World tropics, 1sp. Malaya,
leaves spiral simple, heart shaped, stalk kneed, flowers unisexual,
5 sepals, no petals. Fruits roundish with long stalk, woody, split
along one side. Many seeds, with long wing.

Scaphium linearicarpum

Malaya, all states exc Melaka andNegeri Sembilan. Tree to 36m,
sapling leaves very large, 5-7 lobed, 30cm stalk.
Fruit follicle 25 x 6cm, yellowish, hairy. Seed
hairy, 25 x 15 mm. 1 fr TH 11.09.

Scaphium macropodum

Cambodia, Siam, Sumatra, Borneo, Malaya; most common and widespread sp, on well drained land
and ridges; macropodum, long foot, ie fruit. Inflorescence
panicle red tomentose. 1 fr TH 11.09.

Large trees with short thick buttresses. Leaves spirally arranged,
sapling leaves v. large & palmately lobed. Spp. apparent when
mature. Flowers small, cream, upright. Fruit large green pod splits
on one side before mature. A seed cut and soaked in water makes mucilage
to fill a cup.

4 spp in Malaya, this v rare endemic, from Parit FR, not yet described. Large deciduous trees with thick buttresses, leaves spiral, simple, v long stalks. Sm pale green fragrant flowers, seeds swell when soaked; edible, medicinal. 3 specimens Dec 2007.

East Africa to Queensland, on rocky and sandy coasts. Palmate compound
leaves; flowers 2 cm crimson foetid wooly in loose green panicles.
Deciduous after dry weather, flowers before or with new leaves. Saplings
like huge ubi kayu.

W. Malaysia, common in lowland and swampy forest. Deciduous every
7 to 9 months, flowers before new leaves develop. Spreading sharp
buttresses, bark smooth silver grey, massive twigs. Large leathery
leaf, hairy under. Flowers tiny, greenish yellow, in hanging racemes
30cm.

Not indigenous to Southeast Asia.

NE India to Singapore, common. Flowers pale yellow and pink at base,
becoming reddish, hairy. Fruit velvety pods, yellow flushed pink,
ripening brilliant orange-red, black seeds.

Small tree. Endemic, Penang, Perak, Selangor, on hills. Narrow leaf
blade, flowers 1cm, reddish pink, pods to 4cm.