Callicarpa arborea (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Callicarpa arborea Roxb.

Synonyms

Callicarpa magna Schauer, Callicarpa tomentosa auct. non (L.) Murr.

Vernacular names

• Great woolly Malayan lilac (En)
• Indonesia: sitapueng (Minangkabau, Sumatra), tepong-tepong (Palembang, Sumatra), tinjau (Lampung, Sumatra)
• Malaysia: ambong-ambong bukit, kata kerau, tamah kerbau (Peninsular)
• Philippines: atimla (Filipino). Burma (Myanmar): duang-satpa
• Thailand: hu khwai khao, katok chang (peninsular), pha khao (northern)
• Vietnam: tu hú.

Distribution

From India to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines, Sulawesi and New Guinea.