MALAY PLANT NAMES. 35 



A DAL- AD AL. (Javanese) 



The croton of g-ardens. Codiirum rarier/atum Bl. (Euphor- 

 hiaceae.) 

 ADAS CHINA. 

 ADAS MANIS. 



Aniseed. lUicium auisatnm. (Magno/iaceaeJ. Used in medi- 

 cine. Imported. Also anise (Anetlniin r/raveolens L.j 

 according to Clifford, who also gives the variant adis. 

 ADAP-ADAP. 



Mussamda variolosa Wall, and Af. glabra Vahl. (Rubiaceae). 

 Common climbing shrubs with yellow flowers and cons- 

 picuous white bracts. 

 ACxALUMUT. (Pahang) 



Sphenodesma barbafa Schauer. (Verbenaceae). A climbing 

 shrub. 

 AGAR-AGAR. 



Gracilaria lichenoides, J. Ag. A seaweed ; collected and 

 used for making jelly. 

 AGAS-AGAS. 



Aporosa Maingaiji. Hook. fil. {Euphorbiaceae.) A shrub. 



AHO-LUMUT. 



Alsodeia echinocarpa. Korth. (Violaceae). A shrub with 

 mossy fruit, the seeds used as a purgative. 



AHTCHO. rJohor) 



Mijristica Hookeriana Wall. (Mf/risticaceae.) A large wild 

 nutmeg. 



AKAR. 



Any climbing plant. The word is alwa} s used before the 

 name of a climber to distinguish it from a Pokok of the 

 same name ; e. g. Pokok asam jawa, — the tamarind ; Akar 

 asam, — Rourea fulgens, Wall, the leaves of which suggest 

 those of a tamarind. 



The word also signifies the root of a plant. 



AKIT. 



Rhizophora coivjugata L. {Rhizophoreae.) One of the Man- 

 grove trees (Bakau) used for firewood, and the bark for 

 tanning nets. 



