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also applied to Doemonorops gmndis. 



ROTAN SEMUT. 



Korthalsia scaphigera Mart. {Palmue). A slender climbing- 

 ratan, with an enlarged ligule in which ants make their 

 nests, whence its native name. 



ROTAN SINDEK. (Perak) 



Calamus javensis Bl. (Palmae). See also ROTAN TUNGUL 

 and ROTAN LiLiN. 



RU. RU LAUT. Also ARU. 



Casuarina equisetifolia Forst. {Casuarinae). A common tree 

 often planted and wild along the sea coasts. 



RU BUKIT. 



Dacrgdium e/atiun Wall. (Coniferae). From the resemblance 

 of the plant to the Casuarina. It is a Cypress like plant 

 growing on the hills at two thousand feet altitude and 

 upwards. 



RUAI GAJAH. 



Ooniocaryuvi Jongeracemosnm King. (Olachieae). A large 

 shrub. 



RUAS-RUAS. 



Geloniam hifarium Roxb. {Euphorbiaceae). A tree. 



RUAS-RUAS JANTAN. 



Daphniphglhini htuviniiin Baill. {Eiiplwrhiaceae). A big shrub. 



RUDOMO. 



Evodia Roxburghiana Benth. {Tiutaceae). More often called 

 Pauh-Pauh which see. 



RUKAM. 



Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb. and other species {Bixineae). 

 Trees usually armed at the base with strong thorns. They 

 produce an excellent little fruit, dark-red in color as big 

 as a cherry, with a taste of a goosberry. 



RUKAM HUTAM. 



Scolopia rhinanthera Clos. {Bi.rineae). A shrub resembling 

 the true Rukam (Flacourtia) to which indeed it is closely 

 allied. 



