Harpullia arborea (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.

Synonyms

Harpullia imbricata (Blume) Thwaites, Harpullia pedicellaris Radlk., Harpullia tomentosa Ridley.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: buluan (Kalimantan), pelos, pelus (Javanese)
• Malaysia: apoh (Iban, Sarawak), lalilali (Dusun, Sabah), sakubing (Melanau, Sabah)
• Philippines: uas (general), magalad (Tagbanua), puas (Tagalog)
• Thailand: hang kaen, hom klai dong (northern), krapok ling (northeastern, central).

Distribution

Sri Lanka, India, southern Vietnam, Thailand, throughout the Malesian region towards Australia (Queensland) and into the Pacific, east to Samoa and Tonga.