Engelhardtia spicata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Engelhardtia spicata Lesch. ex Blume

Synonyms

Engelhardtia aceriflora (Reinw.) Blume, Engelhardtia colebrookeana Lindl. ex Wallich, Engelhardtia esquirolii Lév.

Vernacular names

• Great Malay beam (En)
• Indonesia: ki keper (Sundanese), marasawa, mesawa (Javanese)
• Philippines: ped-ped (Iloko). Burma (Myanmar): thitswelve
• Thailand: duuk naao (northern), ket lin (south-eastern)
• Vietnam: chẹo lông.

Distribution

From northern India to Indo-China, Hainan, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

J.S. Rahajoe