more interesting, situation. As mentioned at the begin- 
ning of the paper, the name rambaz is used here for B. 
Motleyana, and kapundung tor B. racemosa. Rambai, 
widely used in Malaya, refers also to B. Motleyana, 
while Aapundung is widely used in Sumatra, Java, and 
Bah for B. racemosa. Addition of the words hutan 
(forest), ayam (hen), burung (bird), daun (leat), hera 
TABLE I 
Species of economic value 
Wild 
Cultivated With edible fruits; incl. 
as a fruit tree those which have been Yield good timbers 
recorded to yield good 
timbers 
B. dulcis (Tjupa) B. bracteata B. javanica 
B. Motleyana (Rambai) B. brevipes B. Kingii 
B. racemosa (Kapundung) | B.dasystachya B. lanceolata 
B. sapida (Pupor or Lutqua) B. Griffithii B. Nanihua 
B. macrocarpa B. reticulata 
| B. macrophylla | B.sumatrana 
B. malayana * | 
| B. multiflora | 
B. minor | 
B. parviflora | 
B. polyneura 
B. pubera 
B. pyriformis 
B. ramiflora ** 
B. Scortechinii 
| B. velutina 
B. symplocoides 
* Has been recorded in cultivation (c.f. Ridley, Fl. Mal. Penins.) 
** Has been recorded in cultivation (c.f. Dict. Sci. Nat.) 
(monkey), batw (stone or rock), and padang (field or pas- 
ture) to the word rambai will completely alter the species 
and even genus. Thus, we have rambai ayam, which may 
mean B. brevipes, B. Wallichii, Ryparosa fasciculata 
(Flacourtiaceae), or Anisophyllea disticha (Dipterocarpa- 
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