Buaq kiran

Bua' Kiran

Kiran Pering
Photo by sibez_agan

Lawa Kiran
Photo by Forest & Kim Starr

Translations

English

marang or tarap, fruit of the Johey Oak tree [1]

Bahasa Malaysia

buah tarap

Alternative spellings

1. Keran [Pa' Dalih / Kelapang]
2. Keiran

Encyclopedic Information

Several varieties of the fruit are found in the Kelabit highlands.^[1] Their Kelabit (spelling Pa' Dalih) and scientific names are given below:

1. Keran - artocarpus anysophyllus
2. Keran bata' - artocarpus odoratissimus
3. Keran beung - artocarpus odoratissimus
4. Keran kelidang - artocarpus sp
5. Keran padak - artocarpus sp
6. Keran pukung - artocarpus odoratissimus
7. Keran talaoh - artocarpus odoratissimus

References

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