Record Number
6567
PROSEA Handbook Number
17: Fibre plants
Taxon
Agrostistachys sessilifolia (Kurz) Pax & K. Hoffm.
Family
EUPHORBIACEAE
Vernacular Names
Malaysia: julong-julong, nulong, nyonyolong.
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.
Uses
The leaves are used for thatching and wrapping.
Observations
A dioecious shrub, up to 6 m tall, with grey bark. Leaves alternate to distichous to spiral; stipules triangular, late caducous; petiole 2—5 mm long; blade linear to obovate, 25—55 cm x 7—9.5 cm, base emarginate to rounded, margin entire to crenulate, apex acuminate to cuspidate. Inflorescence a bracteate spike, axillary, single, up to 60 cm long; male flowers about 4 mm x 2 mm, sepals 2 or 3, petals 5, stamens 8—10 in 2 whorls; female flowers about 3 mm x 3 mm, sepals 5, petals 2—2.5 mm long. Fruit a crustaceous capsule, up to 1 cm in diameter. Agrostistachys sessilifolia occurs in shaded areas in forests at altitudes up to 150 m. Flowering and fruiting is year-round. The fruits are eaten by birds. The distribution of the related species Agrostistachys borneensis Becc. and Agrostistachys gaudichaudii Müll. Arg. overlaps with that of Agrostistachys sessilifolia. The same vernacular names apply to all three species and confusion of the species in the older literature is likely.
Selected Sources
[20]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A—H) pp. 1—1240, Vol. 2 (I—Z) pp. 1241—2444.
[153]Sevilla, S. & van Welzen, P.C., 2001. Revision of Agrostistachys and Chondrostylis. Blumea 46(1): 71—97.
[163]Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. & Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors), 1998. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3). Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands. 859 pp.
[153]Sevilla, S. & van Welzen, P.C., 2001. Revision of Agrostistachys and Chondrostylis. Blumea 46(1): 71—97.
[163]Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. & Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors), 1998. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3). Timber trees: lesser-known timbers. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands. 859 pp.
Author(s)
M. Brink, P.C.M. Jansen
Correct Citation of this Article
Brink, M., Jansen, P.C.M., 2003. Agrostistachys sessilifolia (Kurz) Pax & K. Hoffm.. In: Brink, M and Escobin, R.P. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 17: Fibre plants. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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