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Table 1 Selected minor forest plant resources utilised by the Bateq and Semoq Beri tribes in
Kelantan and Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia
Bateq/Malay
local name
a
Scientific name
(Family)
Type of plant; use
Food/fruit
Tawes
Artocarpus sp.
(Moraceae)
Tree; seed with aril, which is boiled
and eaten
Bakong/
Cempedak liar
Artocarpus sp.
(Moraceae)
Tree; seed with very thin aril, which is
boiled and eaten
Ubi Woh
NA
Climber
Ubi Takop
NA
Climber; a traditional staple which is
roasted and eaten before being
replaced by rice
Ubi Cengel/Ubi
Pasir
NA
Climber; grows near rivers, with latex
in tuber
Jabong
Baccaurea sp.
(Euphorbiaceae)
Tree; fruits on upper part of stem
Setambun Bagol Baccaurea sp.
(Euphorbiaceae)
Tree; fruits on lower part of stem
Tawong
Hodgsonia
macrocarpa
(Cucurbitaceae)
Gourd; cotyledons eaten by cooking
or roasting
Rambutan liar
Nephelium
(Sapindaceae)
Tree; fruits with sweet-sour aril
Balong
Nephelium
(Sapindaceae)
Tree; fruits with sweet-sour aril
Durian Daun
Durio sp.
(Bombacaceae)
Tree; thorny fruit is peeled and the
flesh may be eaten
Ornaments in
grooming
Tenlang
Fabaceae
Tree; flower used as head and/or hand
band
Tapak kuda
Bauhinia sp.
(Caesalpiniaceae)
Tree; flower use as head and/or hand
band
Akar Kait
NA
Tree; flower use as head and/or hand
band
Bunga Waq
NA
Tree; flower use as head and/or hand
band
Cembeng/
Mempisang
Polyalthia sp.
(Annonaceae)
Tree/shrub; flower use as head and/or
hand band
Nyarum
Rubiaceae
Shrub/tree; flower use as head and/or
hand band
Kapih/Gapis
Saraca cauliflora
(Fabaceae)
Tree; riverside tree, flower use as head
and/or hand band
Bunga Emping
Shrub; flower use as head and/or hand
band and the most fragrant of all
flowers used in grooming
Herbs
Napir/Leban/
Kacip Fatimah
Labia pumila
(Myrsinaceae)
Herb; leaves crushed and mixed in
water for bathing newborns
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Sustainable Utilisation of Forest Plant Resources by the Bateq and Semoq Beri…