Drypetes roxburghii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Drypetes roxburghii (Wallich) Hurus.

Synonyms

Drypetes timorensis (Blume) Pax & K. Hoffm., Putranjiva roxburghii Wallich.

Vernacular names

• Thailand: ma ong nok (northern), mak kho (north-eastern), makham kai (central).

Distribution

From the western Himalayas, India and Sri Lanka to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sabah), Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands and the Moluccas; possibly also in New Guinea.