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APPENDIX 
List of trees etc., mentioned in the report and forms. 
Vernacular or 
English name 
Botanical name 
Uses 
Bakau 
Rhizophora spp. 
Firewood, poles & cutch 
Bakau kurap 
Rhizophora mucronata Lam. 
Do. do. 
Bakau minyak 
Rhizophora conjugata Linn. 
Do. do. 
Bertam 
Eugeissonia tristis Griff ... 
Thatch 
Chengal 
Balanocarpus Heimii King 
Timber and damar 
Jangkang 
Dillenia reticulata King ... 
Timber 
Jelutong 
Dyera spp. 
Timber; veneers for 
matches; clogs; chew- 
ing gum 
Keledang 
Artocarpus lanceaefolia Roxb. 
Timber 
Keruing 
Dipterocarpus spp. 
Timber and wood oil 
Melantai 
Shorea macroptera Dyer. ... 
Timber 
Mengkuang 
Pandanus spp- 
Mats 
Meranti 
Shorea spp. 
Timber 
Meranti tembaga 
Shorea leprosula Miq. 
Do. 
Merbau 
Intsia (Afzelia) spp. 
Do. 
Mersawa 
Anisoptera thurifera Bl. ... 
Do. 
Nibong . ... 
Oncosperma filamentosa Bl. 
House posts, flooring 
Nipah 
Nipah fruticans Wurmb. ...- 
Thatch and alcohol 
Para rubber 
Hevea brasiliensis M. A. ... 
Rubber 
Penaga 
1 Mesua ferrea Linn. 
Timber 
Pinang raja 
Cyrtostachys Lakka Becc. 
Ornamental palm 
Resak 
Vatica spp. 
Timber 
Rotan 
Climbing palms, var. spp. 
Canes 
Sena 
Pterocarpus indicus Willd. 
Timber 
Seraya 
Shorea Curtisii Dyer 
Do. 
Sundek 
Madhuca and Payena spp. 
Gutta perch a 
Taban 
Palaquium spp. 
Do. 
Tapioca 
Manihot utilissima Polil. ... 
Food 
Temak 
Shorea crassifolia Ridley ... 
Timber and damar 
Tembusu 
Fagraea gigantea Ridley ... 
Timber 
Ubi kembili ... 
Coleus tuberosus Benth. ... 
Food 
