Prunus javanica (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Prunus javanica (Teijsm. & Binnend.) Miq.

Synonyms

Prunus forbesii Koehne, Prunus junghuhniana Miq., Prunus martabanica Kurz.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: jengkot, salam-anjing (Sundanese)
• Philippines: Palawan cherry (En)
• Vietnam: vang nương (Baria).

Distribution

Burma (Myanmar), the Andaman Islands, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines (Palawan), Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, dubious), the Moluccas and New Guinea (Irian Jaya).