Five hundred plant species in gunung Halimun Salak ... - CIFOR

126 | Five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java
Geographical distribution: tropical Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Australia
Uses: fragrant leaves used for perfuming clothes. Used in traditional medicine
Life form and origin: epiphytic fern, indigenous plant
References: 4, 8
399. PAKU TIHANG
Cyathea contaminans (Wallich ex Hook.) Copel
Cyatheaceae
Vernacular names: blue tree fern (Eng.); Indonesian: paku tiang, paku pohon;
Malaysia; paku gajah; Javanese: paku arjuno; Malaysia: paku gajah gunung; the
Philippines: pakong buaya, anonotong, gantaw; Thailand: hua ai pet
Geographical distribution: India throughout Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Java
Uses: edible young leaves
Life form and origin: tree fern, indigenous plant
References: 4, 9
400. PALAHLAR
Dipterocarpus hasseltii Blume
Dipterocarpaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesia: Aceh: langan; Simalur: keruing bunga; Javanese:
klalar, plalar; Kalimantan: temparau
Geographical distribution: Peninsular Thailand, Malesia: around the
periodically dry border of the ever wet zone of the Sunda Shelf; central and
north Malaysia; Sumatra (the Simalur and Mentawai Islands); West Java, the
Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali); south and east Borneo to southeast Sabah; the
Philippines including Palawan
Uses: useful for construction
Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant
References: 26
401. PALASARI
Alyxia reinwardtii Blume
Apocynaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesian: pulasari; Javanese: pulosari; Thailand: chalut,
luut, nuut
Geographical distribution: from southern China, through Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and southward to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java,
Bali and Borneo