Agathis borneensis Warb.
Borneo Kauri / Bindang/Entolong/Kayu raja (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial tree that can reach up to 55 m high. Leaves are simple, oppositely or suboppositely arranged, smooth, thickly leathery and light green. Leaf blade is ovate- lanceolate turning elliptic or ovate when mature, acute at apex, cuneate at base with entire margin and parallel venation. Stems contain clear resin when bruised. Barks are greyish to light brown to black, rough and scaly. Mature pollen cones are oblong.
Locally, the leaves are pounded with Dracaena chiniana (Tapuh) and soaked in warm water as herbal bath to treat mental disorder such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or
It occurs in lowland to upland tropical rainforests and in low lying kerangas forests. It prefers well-drained, sandy soil under sunny position and requires shade when young.
Seeds.
Native to Borneo, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.
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