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

Uses: for construction
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 31
Species checklist | 151
479. TANGKIL
Gnetum gnemon L.
Gnetaceae
Vernacular names: Spanish joint fir (Eng.); Indonesian: melinjo, belinjo, bagoe;
Malaysia: meninjau, belinjau; the Philippines: bago, banago; Thailand: peesae
Geographical distribution: throughout Southeast Asia
Uses: ripe fruits cooked in vegetable dishes and preserved as flat cakes, bark used
for rope and paper
Life form and origin: tree, exotic plant, cultivated
References: 31
480. TANGKUR
Lophatherum gracile Brongn.
Gramineae
Vernacular names: rumput bamboo; Malaysia: rumput kelurut, rumput jarang,
rumput bulu; Thailand; phai pen lek, yaa khui mai phai
Geographical distribution: from southern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
Indochina, southern China and Thailand to Korea, Japan the whole Malesian
region and northern Australia
Uses: used in traditional medicine; roots as a carminative and stomachic and for
treating chancres
Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant
References: 11, 20
481. TAPAK DARA
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
Apocynaceae
Vernacular names: Madagascar periwinkle (Eng.); Indonesian: tapak dara,
bunga serdadu, kembang tembaga; Malaysia: kemunting China, rumput jalang,
tahi ayam; the Philippines: chichirica, kantotai, amnias; Thailand: nom in,
phakpot bok, phaengphuai bok