Symplocos lucida (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Symplocos lucida (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.

Synonyms

• Symplocos ciliata Miq.,
• Symplocos loheri Brand,
• Symplocos theaefolia D. Don.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: jirak lulub (Sundanese), jirek (Javanese), kayu hotir (Sumatra)
• Philippines: bangnon (Manobo), Loher agosip (Tagalog)
• Cambodia: sao srao (Kampot)
• Thailand: mueat pla siu (eastern)
• Vietnam: b'cau, can trang (Lâm Dông).

Distribution

India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, China, Japan, Thailand, and throughout Malesia except for Borneo, the Moluccas and New Guinea.

See also Dyes and tannins