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

Species checklist | 51
Geographical distribution: southern China, Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand,
the Malesian archipelago
Uses: for furniture, panelling, cabinet work, carving, tea chests, masts
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 24, 27
155. JANETRANG
Elaeocarpus petiolatus (Jack) Wall.
Elaeocarpaceae
Geographical distribution: from Madagascar and Mauritius to Sri Lanka,
India, Indochina, Japan, Thailand throughout the Malesian region
Uses: used in traditional medicine; roots used for fevers, leaves for sunstroke and
as a beverage
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 24
156. JARA ANAK
Castanopsis javanica (Blume) DC.
Fagaceae
Vernacular names: spiny oak (Eng.); Indonesia: Javanese: ki ruing, kalimorot;
Kalimantan: palele; Malaysia: berangan duri, berangan haji
Geographical distribution: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and western Java
Uses: for house building, furniture, poles, door and window frames. Edible fruit
and seed
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant
References: 12, 20
157. JARING
Melochia corchorifolia L.
Sterculiaceae
Vernacular names: chocolate-weed, redweed (Eng.); Indonesian: urang-aring;
Javanese: gendiran; Malaysia: lemak ketam, lemak kepiting, bayam rusa; the
Philippines: bankalanan, kalingan; Thailand: khaang paak put, sa aeng bai mon,
seng lek
Geographical distribution: throughout the tropics and subtropics
Uses: used in traditional medicine; roots used for smallpox, dysentery, dysuria,
leaves for food, as a carmitative and for treating abdominalgia, gum used to
treat cuts