202 MALAY PLANT NAMES 



PAUH KIJANG JANTAN. (Malacca) 



Homalvm longifolmm. Benth. {Samjjdaceae). 



PAUH-PAUH. PAIIH-PAUH praya. 



Evodia BoxbiirfjJnana Benth. (Rutaceae). A shrub with 

 white flowers common in open countr3\ 



PAUH-PAUH BETINA. 



Evodia latifolia De 0. (Rutaceae). A fairly large tree. 



PAUH-PAUH PASIR. 



Croton caudatus Geisel. {Euphorbiaceae) . 



PAVVAN. 



Clerodendron inerme Gaertn. ( Verbenaceae). 



PAWANG. (Bunga) 



Stertospermum hypostictum Miq. {Bignoniaceae). 



PAYONG ALL 



Biophijtum adiantoides Wt. (Geraniaceae). Ali's Umbrella. 

 A small herb the leaves of which spread out so as to sug- 

 gest an umbrella. 



PAYUNG. Also KAPAYUNG. 

 Pangiuni edule Bl. (Bixineae). 



PERUPAT. 



Sonneratia acida Griff. {Lythracea.e). A big tree growing 

 m mud on the coast, used for making the knees of boats. 



PECHA PINGAN. 



Randia macrophtjUa Br. (Rubiaceae). Literall}^ " The broken 

 plate." 



PECHA PIRING HITAM. 



Chasalia curvijlora Thw. (Rubiaceae). " Black broken plate." 

 On account of the dark purple coloring of the stem and 

 leaves. 



PECHA PRIOK. 



Ixora fn/gens Roxb. and other species (Rubiaceae). Literally 

 " Broken pot," the petals being supposed to resemble a 

 red pot broken. Possibly it was originally Patjab, a 

 word used in Javanese and Sundanese, for several plants, 

 '^specially the Henna. 



