Record Number

5746

PROSEA Handbook Number

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

Taxon

Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.

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

Vernacular Names

Brunei: landing. Indonesia: duduk (general), api-api jambu (Kalimantan), duduk laki-laki (Sumatra). Malaysia: sop sop (Peninsular), teruntum puteh (Peninsular, Sarawak). Philippines: kulasi. Burma (Myanmar): dawe-hmaing, yinye. Cambodia: kanhep. Thailand: faat (central, peninsular), faat khao (central), lamphaen hin (south-eastern). Vietnam: c[oj]c v[af]ng, c[os]c.

Distribution

From eastern Africa and Madagascar towards India, Indo-China, southern Japan, throughout the Malesian region, northern Australia and the Pacific.

Author(s)

L.S.L. Chua

Correct Citation of this Article

Chua, L.S.L., 1998. Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.. 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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