MALAY PLANT NAMES. 219 



RESAK 



A name applied to a variety of trees producing similar tim- 

 ber including- Shorea barbata Brandis, Dipterocarpeae Cas- 

 tanopsis nephelioides {Cupuliftvae). 



RESAK PICHA. (Penang-) 



Macaranga Loit'ii Hook. fil. ( Euphorbiaceae). 



RESAM. 



Gleichenia linearis {Fiiices). A common fern. 



RESTONG. (Poko) 



Tabernaemontana malaccensis Hook. til. and. T. covyinbosa 

 Roxb. {Apocynaceae). The word sig^nifies venereal disease, 

 for which the plant is a native remedy. 



RIDAN. 



Xepheliam yfaiiKjaiji Hiern. (Sapindaceae). A tree with 

 rather sour fruits resembling those of a rambutan but 

 almost perfectly smooth and bright red. 



RIUNG. (Prov. Wellesley) 



Anthistiria gif/antea CsLV. (Graniineae). A very tall showy 

 grass forming dense tufts of leaves and throwing up 

 stems about eight feet tall. 



RIANG-RIANG. 



Arc/iytea Vahlii (Jhois. ( Ternsfroeiniaceae). The name Riang- 

 Riang is applied to the Cicada. 



RiBU-RIBU. 



Lygodium scamlen^ {Fiiices). 



RIBU-RIBU GAJAH. 



L. pinnatifidum (Filices). Two common climbing ferns. 



RINGEI JERENANG. 



Mitrephora reticulata Hook. til. (Anonaceae). A tree. 



RINGGIN. (Rumput) 



Care.v cryptostachys Hance. {Cyperaceae). 



RIO. (Johore) 



Timonius Jambosella (Rabiaceae). A small tree or large 

 shrub with yellow liowers common in secondary jungle. 



