Buchanania arborescens (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Buchanania arborescens (Blume) Blume

Synonyms

Buchanania florida Schauer, Buchanania lucida Blume, Buchanania platyphylla Merr.

Vernacular names

• Sparrow's mango (En). Brunei: kepala tundang, rengas ayam
• Indonesia: popohan (general), getasan (Javanese), rawa-rawa pipit (Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: otak udang tumpul (Peninsular), rengas laut (Sarawak), beluno-beluno (Sabah)
• Philippines: balinghasai (general)
• Thailand: chaa muang (northern), luaet khwai, mamuang khee kratai (peninsular)
• Vietnam: cây mưng ri.

Distribution

From India and the Andaman Islands to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, throughout the Malesian region towards the Solomon Islands and northern Australia.