Alangium chinense (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms

Alangium begoniaefolium (Roxb.) Baillon, Alangium cordifolium Zoll., Alangium octopetalum Llanos ex Blanco.

• Indonesia: ki careuh, ki caseuli (Sundanese), timangan (Javanese)
• Philippines: bagaloan (Tagalog)
• Cambodia: sa²nhan
• Laos: sa²nhan
• Thailand: khao yen, matap lawai (northern), phe-suea (eastern)
• Vietnam: cây thôi chanh, thôi ba.

Widely distributed from tropical Africa, India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indo-China and Thailand towards the Philippines, Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.