Antidesma coriaceum
mempunai, kayu mata punai
Genus of distinctive shrubs and small trees, common all over Malaya, name refers to use in India as anti-snake venom. In Malaya 27 spp of 170, most in Asia. This sp. common, fruit a juicy red or black drupe with thin pitted stone.
Antidesma ghaesembilla
guncak, balong ayam (Penang)
Treelet to 6m, Malacca-Pekan northwards. Often by rivers, or in open, usually secondary, forest. Lowlands to 1200m. Most trees male or female. Edible fruit & leaves, but acid, used medicinally. 1 fr TH 11/09.
Antidesma salicinum
mempunai
Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo. Flood resistant shrub along fast streams, adapted to open conditions. burkill says many in genera have edible shoots and fleshy fruits, many with medicinal properties. Name refers to use in India for anti-snake venom. This from Rimba Ilmu 11/06.
Baccaurea brevipes
rambai tikus
Throughout Malaya, Borneo. Small tree, seldom more than 9m. Common in lowland forest, often near rivers, occasionally in seasonal swamps. Leaves elliptic ovate, long tapering. Fruits round, 17mm diam. Seeds with translucent white pulp.
Baccaurea kunstleri
jintek bukit
Siam, N and E Borneo, Kelantan, Trengganu, Selangor southwards. Lowland forest, uncommon. To 20m, steeply buttresses, fruits to 25mm, splitting, seed jacket cream.
Baccaurea lanceolata
asam pahong
Sumatra, Siam, Java, Borneo. Malaya, mainly to south. Common small to medium trees, lowland rainforest. Terminalia branching, distinctive, big elliptic leaves. Fruits clustered w/translucent, juicy, sour, edible jacket. Trees monoecious.
Baccaurea motleyana
rambai
Thailand, peninsula Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. Fruits popular. Sap from bark treats sore eyes, sometimes used with leaves of Mimusops elengi.
Baccaurea ramiflora
pupor
Genera description: Leaves spirally arranged, simple. Flowers tiny, yellow/green in unbranched spikes drooping from branch/trunk. Fruit medium to large berry. Male and female flowers on separate trees; rambai and pupor the only spp. cultivated, 21 spp. in Malaya, lowland.
Baccaurea sumatrana
jintek-jintek
Malaya, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. Medium tree to 30m. Fruits ovoid, 10mm long yellowish with thin wall, seed jacket orange, fruiting racemes 8cm amongst the leaves.
Glochidion superbum
ubah
Siam, Malaya, Sumatra, Banka, Borneo. Common in primary & secondary lowland forest, straggling shrubs, leaves big, base heart shaped, velvety below. Fruit stalked woody capsule, seeds smooth often with thin fleshy red or orange skin.
Phyllanthus acidus
cermai, Malay gooseberry
One species, cultivated, origin unknown. Common village tree, especially in north. Fruits cooked as a sour flavouring or acar; root is medicinal but poisonous: boiled and steam inhaled for cough, weak infusion drunk for asthma.