Family Alangiaceae

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Alangium kurzii
ALANGIACEAE
mentulang

Burma to Java, Indo China, China. From Kedah to NS, only west coast, to 15m w/ short buttresses. Lowland forest. Soft dense tomentum under leaf. One genus family in Old World tropics, temperate Asia to Aust.
7spp. in Malaya of 21 total.

Alangium-kurzii

Alangium ridleyi
ALANGIACEAE
mentulang daun lebar

Endemic. All states exc. Kelantan and Johor, big tree to 40m and 2m girth. Flower calyx deeply ridged, petals fleshy if fresh, fruits ovoid with 12 ridges, seeds with white translucent juicy aril.

Alangium-ridleyi