Record Number
5756
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Macaranga gigantea (Rchb. f. & Zoll.) Müll. Arg.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Macaranga in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Macaranga in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Macaranga incisa Gage, Macaranga megalophylla (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg.
Vernacular Names
Elephant's ear, giant mahang (En). Indonesia: biruwak, serkubung (Sumatra), dahan kagurangen (Sulawesi). Malaysia: kubin, mahang gajah, telinga gajah (Peninsular). Singapore: mahang gajah. Thailand: huu chang (south-eastern), ma hang (peninsular), tao luang (northern).
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi.
Author(s)
S.C. Lim
Correct Citation of this Article
Lim, S.C., 1998. Macaranga gigantea (Rchb. f. & Zoll.) Müll. Arg.. 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
All texts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands License
This license does not include the illustrations (Maps,drawings,pictures); these remain all under copyright.