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[[image:Richard_Howard_DSC00603-2007-figflower.jpg|thumb|300px|'''[[Busak]] Tegkang'''<br>Photo by [[user:Richard Howard|Richard Howard]] ]] | [[image:Richard_Howard_DSC00603-2007-figflower.jpg|thumb|300px|'''[[Busak]] Tegkang'''<br>Photo by [[user:Richard Howard|Richard Howard]] ]] | ||
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[[image:Richard_Howard_DSC00601-2007-unripefig.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Buaq Tegkang [[Laak]]'''<br>Photo by [[user:Richard Howard|Richard Howard]] ]] | [[image:Richard_Howard_DSC00601-2007-unripefig.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Buaq Tegkang [[Laak]]'''<br>Photo by [[user:Richard Howard|Richard Howard]] ]] | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 18 January 2008
Pronunciation
Bu-aq Teg-kang
Common Name
- Kelabit
- Buaq Tegkang (Bua Tagkang)
- English
- ?
- Malay
- ?
Encyclopedic info
- Scientific name
- medinilla crassifolia (1)
- English
- A type of shrub that grows wild. It has pink berries, and when ripe turns dark red. It has a sour taste.
- Epiphytic; treelet, shrub, herb, climber · VEG: Peatswamp Forest, Kerangas Forest with Agathis, LMDF, HDF, Upper Montane Forest, Secondary Forest · HAB: gentle slope, terrace, ridge; periodically flooded; near running fresh water, near still fresh water · GEO: Belait formation, Meligan formation, shale, Sand/clay, Sand, Setap Shales; clay soil; peat · ALT: 300 m (2)
- Fruit is edible (1)
- Malay
- Sejenis pokok belukar liar. Buahnya berbiji-biji, berwarna merah jambu, dan apabila masak berwarna merah gelap. Rasa buahnya masam.
References
- Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen
- Kew Herbarium
