KI RONYOK, RIUNG ANAK (Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A. DC.)

KI RONYOK – RIUNG ANAK
Castanopsis acuminatissima (Blume) A. DC.

Fagaceae
Vernacular names: Indonesia: Sundanese: kiriung, riung anak; Javanese:
meranak; Papua New Guinea: New Guinea oak, white oak; Thailand: ko-duai,
ko-soi, ko-mat
Geographical distribution: north-eastern India, Indochina, China, Taiwan,
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, northern Sumatra (rare), western Java, Borneo
(Sabah), Sulawesi, New Guinea (quite common) and New Britain
Uses: furniture, bridges, flooring, plywood, boat building and firewood
Life form and origin: tree, indigenous plant


The one of five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java

Sources:
www.cifor.cgiar.org www.
ForestsClimateChange.org