Bhesa robusta (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Bhesa robusta (Roxb.) Ding Hou

Kurrimia maingayi M.A. Lawson, Kurrimia pulcherrima Wallich ex M.A. Lawson, Kurrimia robusta Kurz.

• Red-flowered Malayan spindle tree (En)
• Indonesia: balam buju (Palembang, Sumatra), bengkinang (Sumatra), janting (Belitung)
• Malaysia: biku-biku, medang gidap, medang tijoh (Peninsular). Burma (Myanmar): tagu-bok
• Thailand: krabok khai (eastern), kradong daeng, lamok (south-eastern).

North-eastern India, Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), the Andaman Islands, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

K.M. Kochummen