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Record Number

5072

PROSEA Handbook Number

5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers

Taxon

Casearia grewiaefolia Vent.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Casearia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Synonyms

Casearia hexagona Decne, Casearia laurina Blume, Casearia leucolepis Turcz.

Vernacular Names

Indonesia: durenan glam (Javanese), madang klapah (Sumatra), surian (Kalimantan). Malaysia: tapion kirabas (Sabah). Philippines: boyboyok (Iloko), butong-manok (Bikol), kaluag (Tagalog). Cambodia: chrouôy (Cambodge), chrouy (Kompong Chnang). Laos: kho lên, kho lên phou. Thailand: kolaen (eastern), kruai pa (central), kuai (northern). Vietnam: c[aa]y van n[us]i (Quang Nam), c[aa]y k[ee]n (Khanh Hoa).

Distribution

Indo-China, Thailand, throughout the Malesian area towards the Solomon Islands and Queensland (Australia).

Author(s)

M.S.M. Sosef

Correct Citation of this Article

Sosef, M.S.M., 1998. Casearia grewiaefolia Vent.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea

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