220 MALAY PLANT NAMES. 



RONGGA. 



Dysoxylon sp. 



RONGGA JANTAN. 



Sterculia parviflora Roxb. {Stercicliaceae). A large tree with 



showy pink pods. 

 ROSOK. 



Glochidion superhum Baill. (Euphorbiaceae). A common tree 



in secondary jungle. 



ROTA. (Johore) 



Canarium sp. (Burseraceae). 



ROTAN. 



A rattan or climbing palm. Generally applied to the plants 

 belonging to the genera Calamus and Daenionorops. There 

 are a large number of different kinds and still more names, 

 and owing the incompleteness of the descriptions of many 

 species, it is not easy to identify the Malay names. 

 Besides there are a number of trade names applied to the 

 rattans as brought into the market, which apply to the 

 form of the rattan rather than to the kind. 



Griffith (Palms of British India) describes and figures a 

 number obtained in Malacca ; to these he gives in many 

 cases Malay names, but I cannot find that these names 

 are now at least applied to the species he describes even 

 in Malacca. 

 ROTAN BAKAU 



Daemonorops propmquus Becc. A rattan which is often to 

 be seen on edges of mangrove swamps. 



ROTAN BATU. 



Calamus insignis Griff. (^Palmae). 



ROTAN BINNI. Also ROTAN TIKUS. 



Flagellaria indica L. {F/agellariaceae). Lit. the Wife's Rat- 

 tan or the Mouse-Rattan. A common climber, the leaves 

 of which have prehensile tips. It grows on the edges of 

 mangrove swamps. Baskets are made of the stems. 



ROTAN BUAH. 



Daemonorops Hgstrix (Palmae). More commonly called 



