Buaq tegkang

Busak Tegkang
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Buaq Tegkang Laak
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Da'un Tegkang
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Pronunciation

Bu-aq Teg-kang

Common Name

Kelabit

• Buaq Tegkang (Bua Tagkang)

English

•  ?

Malay

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Encyclopedic info

Scientific name

medinilla crassifolia ⁽¹⁾

English

1. A type of shrub that grows wild. It has pink berries, and when ripe turns dark red. It has a sour taste.
2. 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⁾
3. Fruit is edible ⁽¹⁾

Malay

1. Sejenis pokok belukar liar. Buahnya berbiji-biji, berwarna merah jambu, dan apabila masak berwarna merah gelap. Rasa buahnya masam.

References

1. Ethnobotany of the Iban & Kelabit by Hanne Christensen
2. Kew Herbarium