l24 MALAY PLANT NAMES. 



KANT AN HUT AN. 



Alpiiiia inrolucrata Griff. {Scifamineae). 



KAPALA BERUK. 



Hydnophytuiii formicarium Jack. {Rubiaceae). The Ant- 

 plant; literally Ape's head. A curious epiphyte, the stem 

 of which swollen into a tuber is channelled and forms a 

 nest for ants. 



K A PANG. (Akar) 



Linostoina sccuidens Griff. (Thymeleaceae). A long slender 

 shrubby climber with greenish white tubular flowers. 

 KAPAS. 



Cotton. The various cultivated forms chiefly, Gossi/pium herha- 

 reuin L. ( Mai raven e). The word is derived from the 

 Sanskrit Karpasa. Favre gives Kapas TaIjN, Kapas 

 HUMA, Kapas Muri, as names for various forms of G. 

 herhaceum L.; KapaS BengGALA, G. herhaceuni, var riti- 

 folium Kapas Besah for G. arboren/n L. 



KAPAS-KAPAS. (Malacca) 



Hibiscus floccosus Mast. {Malvaceae). A big tree Hibiscus, 

 the fibre of which is used as bast. 



KAPAS HANTU also KAPAS HUTAN. 



Hibiscus abelmoschus L. {Malvaceae) The seeds are ground 

 and used as a powder for the face. A common weedin vil- 

 lages, the flowers are large and yellow with a marooneye. 



KAPAS (Buah). 



Xanthophij/luiii obscurum Benn. [Po'i/r/a/nceae). A tree with 

 large globular brown fruits. 



KAPAS BULAN. 



Xanthophyllum rufum King. fPo'ygalaceae). . 



KAPAYUNG Also PAYUNG. 



Paiujiain edtile Miq. {Bixineae). A tree from the seeds of 

 which oil is made. 



KAPAYUNG. (Akar) (Pahang) 



Hodfjsonia heleroclita Hook. fil. (Cucurbilaceae). A large 

 woody gTOuud with big seeds like those of the PoKO 

 KapaYUKG. ( Pauyiuiii ediile, Bl.J from which oil is made. 



