Aruq

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Kayuh Aruq
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Translation

Kelabit
aruq (kayuh aruq)
English
Casuarina


Encyclopedic information

The type of casuarina tree found in the Kelabit Highlands is the gymnostoma sumatranum 1 or the casuarina sumatrana

The wood is used as firewood.

References

  1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & the Kelabit by Hanne Christensen