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Sunday, October 13, 2019

Cynometra cauliflora, Nam nam

Cynometra cauliflora, known in Indonesia (Maluku and Manado) as namu-namu (due to the flattened, crescent shaped pods, which look similar to the Indonesian pastry, namu-namu), Ternate namo-namo, and ñam-ñam in the Maldives is a species of the genus Cynometra, native to Malaysia, and found mainly in northern Peninsular Malaysia. A member of the family Fabaceae (legumes), it is a small, cauliflorous tree with a thick, heavily branched stem, and rather small flowers, about 1.2 cm (0.5 in) across, that appear on the stem in clusters.

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Phaleria capitata , Gaharu buaya

Phaleria capitata grows as a shrub or small tree up to 10 metres tall, with a stem diameter of up to 15 centimetres. Twigs are reddish brown. Inflorescences usually bear five flowers. The fruits are roundish, up to 1.5 cm long. Habitat is forest from sea-level to 1,200 metres altitude.

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Antidesma ghaesembilla / Guncak

Antidesma ghaesembilla is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to northern Australia, and Philippines.^[1]^[2]

This plant grows as a small tree of 3–8 m high, with oval-shaped leaves of 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. Its flowers emerge at the axils or on the tip of branches. Male flowers have 4–5 stamens with u-shaped anthers, while female flowers have ovaries covered with soft hairs.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidesma_ghaesembilla

Nephelium laurinum | Geril

Description

Tree, up to 24 m high, dbh up to 90 cm. Leaves 1-6-jugate; Inflorescences mostly terminal, sometimes pseudoterminal, the lower branches axillary. Sepals up to c. 20% connate, 2-3 mm long. Petals 0-5, (obovate-)lanceolate, 1.6-2.3 mm long, at least the lower half woolly-ciliate. Stamens (7 or) 8. Ovary 2 (-4)-celled. Fruits more often with two carpels developing than in most species, slightly curved obovoid (especially when young) to ellipsoid, c. 2.5 by 1.5 by 1.25 cm, finally glabrous, fairly sparsely set with 2-3 (-8) mm long triangular appendages with short, curved, tongue-shaped apical part;

http://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-malesiana/node/6261