Aphananthe cuspidata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Aphananthe cuspidata (Blume) Planch.

Synonyms

Gironniera curranii Merr., Gironniera cuspidata (Blume) Kurz, Gironniera reticulata Thwaites.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: kayu belikat (Sumbawa), kayu loko (Flores), sulu (Java, Bali)
• Philippines: dulcis (Bagobo)
• Thailand: chai haeng, e nieo, kruai laem (northern).

Distribution

Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, China, the Andaman Islands, Thailand, north-eastern Sumatra, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sabah), Sulawesi (rare) and the Philippines (Mindanao, rare).