Actinodaphne macrophylla
medang payong
Malayan lowland to mountain forests; very common at Frasers Hill. Java. Twigs reddish brown hairs, leaves in whorls of 6-12, reddish brown hairy below.
Actinodaphne sesquipedalis
medang paying, pedalis
Tenasserim to Borneo. Widely found thru Malaya. Leaf under yellowish brown hairy, apex usually pointed. Fruits poisonous?
1 from Elango 6/08
Cinnamomum mollissium
medang wangi
Endemic, common, except in Kedah and Perlis. All species have aromatic crushed leaves, this one distinguished by hairy leaves and twigs.
Cinnamomum verum
kayu manis, cinnamon
India. Cooking spice. Roots treat rheumatism and fever. The tree bark is used in many medicinal powders and tinctures, tonics for diarrhea and colic.
Litsea castanea
medang
About 400spp., thru tropics, except Africa. In Malaya, 54 spp. Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Common in Kota Baru and widely distributed. Tall tree, to 33m, bole with spreading thin buttresses to 1m ht. frequently coppiced for construction material. Bark reddish, smooth with horizontal rings. Large leaves, completely deciduous in the north.
Litsea myristicaefolia
medang asam, medang baros, medang kelaya
Widely distributed from mountain to lowland forests, Burma to Singapore. Leaves alternate,
spirally arranged, midrib sunken above. Flower clusters from leaf axils, fruits 1cm globose white with green perianth cup.
1 fr TH 11.09
Litsea robusta
medang
About 400spp., thru the tropics except Africa. In Malaya, 54 spp. Burma, Java. Tall, to 36m, bark fawn smooth w/many corky lenticels. Leaves spirally arranged, uncommon, on low hills by streams. Acorn hemisphere, green ripening blue.
Litsea sp.
medang
2 new specimens June 2008.
