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Jerun. 



Juang-Juang — Dracaena Parteri Liliaceae and other wild 

 Dracaenas. Low shrubs with broad or narrow green 

 leaves, and spikes or panicles of white flowers, with 

 no known properties. Senjuang and Lenjuang appear 

 to be used as synonyms. 



Lenjuang inerah is Cordylire — var ferrea, the red 

 Dracaena of gardens, a native of the Polynesian 

 Islands. 



Lenjuang putih is I believe the green leaved form. 



Lenjuang Benar, is probably Dianella ensifolia. 



A common liliaceous plant with yellowish white or 

 blue flowers and berries. 



None of the plants seem to have any properties at 

 all. 



Kaduduk, commonly known in the south as Senduduk, Mela- 

 stoma malabathricum a (Melastomaceae) A common 

 pink flowered shrub. The leaves are astringent and 

 used in dysentery. 



Kait-ka'it. — Mncaria spp. {Rubiaceaz) The wild gambiers ; 

 climbing shrubs with hooks, (whence the Malay name) 

 are indiscriminately known as akar kait-kait. 



Kanchi. 



Katang-katang Tahi Lembu. 



Kenchar ? Kenchur i.e. Chekur. 



Katub-kitub, ketop-ketop, Bauhinia bidentate and other 

 species (Leguminosce) Woody climbers with orange 

 or red flowers. 



Kiambang. — Pistia Stratiotes (Aroideae) The Waterlettuce, 

 a common floating plant, with a rosette of velvety 

 leaves often cultivated by Chinese to feed pigs. 



E. A. Soc, No. 45, 1905. 



