Podocarpus polystachyus

(Jati Laut)

Family: Podocarpaceae
Species: Conifer
Medium-sized tree with 1-20 m tall, 3-45 cm diameter.
Juvenile leaves are linear to linear-lanceolate, acute
and almost apiculate. Adult leaves are linear to oval,
more or less acute to rounded at the apex, narrowed

abruptly at the base

Numerous branches, crowded and upright.
Distribution: Thailand, Malaya Peninsula, RiauLingga and Banka Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei,
Sabah) and Philippines. Within its range, mean annual
temperature is 25C, with an average minimum in the
coldest month of 21C (the warmest recorded for a
species of Podocarpaceae), and a mean annual

Pongamia pinnata (Mempari)

precipitation of 2730 mm
Family: Leguminosae
Also called honge and its originated from India.
Fast growing, deciduous, tree to 25 m tall and trunk
diameter to 60 cm. Young leaves are pinkish red and

mature leaves are glossy, deep green.

Distribution: Common on alluvial and coastal
situations from India to Fiji, from sealevel to 1200 m.
Now found in Australia, Florida, Hawaii, India,
Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, and Seychelles.
Ranges from tropical dry to moist through Subtropical

Dry to Moist Forest Life Zones.

Cultivated for two purposes: (1) as an ornamental in
gardens and along avenues and roadsides, and (2) as a
host plant for lac insects.

Pterocarpus indicus (Angsana)

Family: Fabaceae
Large deciduous tree up to 30 m high or more.
Compound leaves are about 1222 cm long and made
up of 513 smaller leaflets.

Flowers grow in inflorescences known as panicles and

are bright yellow or yellow-orange in color. They are

shaped like small pea flowers.

Distribution: South East Asia and the Pacific, from
Southern Burma to the West to the Solomon Islands in
the East, including Sumatra, West Java, Borneo,
Philippines, Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, New
Guinea, and the Carolines. Widely cultivated as a

timber tree and ornamental.

A red, gum-like resin from the bark is used in folk
remedies for tumors and to fight cancers, especially of

Pithecellobium Dulce
(Madras thorn)

the mouth.
Family: Fabaceae
Spiny tree up to 15-20 m high, broad speading with

irregular branches.
Leaves are bipinnate. Each pinna has a single pair of
ovate-oblong leaflets that are about 2 to 4 cm. The
flowers are greenish-white, The flowers produce a
pod, which turns pink when ripe and opens to expose

an edible pulp.
Distribution: Native to Mexico through Central
America to Colombia and Venezuela. Introduced in
southern Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and St.

Croix. Widely planted in tropical regions.

Often cultivated as an ornamental, shade or street tree
planted on roadsides, and in backyards and hedges

Polyalthia longifolia
(Mempisang)

Family: Annonaceae
Grows moderately slowly to between 10 and 18 m.

Evergreen tree which is native to India.

Columnar tree that exhibits symmetrical pyramidal
growth with a weeping habit that stay full to the
ground with greenery from top to bottom.

The leaves are long and narrow, with wavy margins

and dark glossy green.

Distribution: Found natively in India and Sri Lanka. It
is introduced in gardens in many tropical countries
around the world. It is, for example, widely used in

parts of Jakarta in Indonesia.

Commonly planted to ease noise pollution.

Reference
http://www.greenerpro.com/index.html
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html
http://ntbg.org/
http://www.cabi.org/isc/
http://www.iplantz.com/