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Macaranga gigantea

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Internal ID UUID643fe1f5a7ff5243895914
Scientific name Macaranga gigantea
Authority (Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.
First published in Prodr. 15(2): 995 (1866)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Macaranga incisa Gage Rec. Bot. Surv. India 9: 245 (1922)
Macaranga megalophylla Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 995 (1866)
Macaranga rugosa Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 995 (1866)
Mappa gigantea Rchb.f. & Zoll. Linnaea 29: 465 (1858)
Mappa megalophylla Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 467 (1864)
Mappa rugosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 197 (1865)
Mappa macrophylla Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 26: 44 (1864)
Rottlera gigantea Rchb.f. & Zoll. ex Kurz Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 27: 44 (1864)
Tanarius giganteus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 619 (1891)
Tanarius megallophyllus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 620 (1891)
Tanarius rugosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 620 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
Indonesian merkubung
min kubang
Malay pokok selaru kubin
Malay pokok telinga gajah
Malay pokok mahang gajah

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Malaya
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000231956
Tropicos 12807623
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:351147-1
The Plant List kew-116443
Open Tree Of Life 625359
NCBI Taxonomy 109824
IPNI 351147-1
iNaturalist 358120
GBIF 3074130
Freebase /m/0ckhvk
EOL 1155393
Wikipedia Macaranga_gigantea

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Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
The Development of Feeding Competence in Rehabilitant Orphaned Orangutans and How to Measure It Preuschoft S, Marshall AJ, Scott L, Badriyah SN, Purba MD, Yuliani E, Corbi P, Yassir I, Wibawanto MA, Kalcher-Sommersguter E Animals (Basel) 26-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10339905
doi:10.3390/ani13132111
PMID:37443909
Different Preparation Method of Nanocellulose from Macaranga gigantea and Its Preliminary Study on Packaging Film Potential Jasmani L, Jamaluddin NA, Rusli R, Adnan S, Zakaria S Polymers (Basel) 28-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9658820
doi:10.3390/polym14214591
PMID:36365585
The fading popularity of a local ecological calendar from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo Bakar N, Franco FM J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 16-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9013451
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00525-9
PMID:35429986
Distribution and abundance of the land snail Pollicaria elephas (Gastropoda: Pupinidae) in limestone habitats in Perak, Malaysia Liew TS, Phung CC, Mat Said MA, Hoo PK PeerJ 28-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8325424
doi:10.7717/peerj.11886
PMID:34395099
Identification of 3,3′-O-dimethylellagic acid and apigenin as the main antiplasmodial constituents of Endodesmia calophylloides Benth and Hymenostegia afzelii (Oliver.) Harms Keumoe R, Koffi JG, Dize D, Fokou PV, Tchamgoue J, Ayong L, Ndjakou BL, Sewald N, Ngameni B, Boyom FF BMC Complement Med Ther 29-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8243547
doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03352-9
PMID:34187456
Conspectus of flora, fauna and micro-climate data in Tasik Kenyir from Mac 2015–February 2016 Afiq Ramlee MN, Hussin MF, Roslan A, Rosmidi FH, Pesiu E, Aisyah A Rahim N, Izzati Ahmad NI, David G, Zakaria AA, Adanan NA, Basri HH, Aznan Ariffin MS, Bartholomew CV, Zahidin MA, Lola MS, Abdullah MT Data Brief 27-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7066060
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105328
PMID:32181296
The Antioxidant Activity of Prenylflavonoids Santos CM, Silva AM Molecules 06-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7037609
doi:10.3390/molecules25030696
PMID:32041233
Species richness of riparian vegetation after three decades of Kenyir dam establishment Shahimi S, Salam R, Salim JM, Ahmad A Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6554223
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104045
PMID:31194175
Ethnomedical Knowledge of Plants Used for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Johor, Malaysia Sabran SF, Mohamed M, Abu Bakar MF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Jan-2016
PMCID:PMC4735896
doi:10.1155/2016/2850845
PMID:26881002
Synergies for Improving Oil Palm Production and Forest Conservation in Floodplain Landscapes Abram NK, Xofis P, Tzanopoulos J, MacMillan DC, Ancrenaz M, Chung R, Peter L, Ong R, Lackman I, Goossens B, Ambu L, Knight AT PLoS One 02-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4041647
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095388
PMID:24887555
Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Tropical Lowland Dipterocarp Rainforests in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo Saner P, Loh YY, Ong RC, Hector A PLoS One 03-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3250468
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029642
PMID:22235319
The Sabah Biodiversity Experiment: a long-term test of the role of tree diversity in restoring tropical forest structure and functioning Hector A, Philipson C, Saner P, Chamagne J, Dzulkifli D, O'Brien M, Snaddon JL, Ulok P, Weilenmann M, Reynolds G, Godfray HC Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 27-Nov-2011
PMCID:PMC3179640
doi:10.1098/rstb.2011.0094
PMID:22006970
The limited importance of size-asymmetric light competition and growth of pioneer species in early secondary forest succession in Vietnam van Kuijk M, Anten NP, Oomen RJ, van Bentum DW, Werger MJ Oecologia 15-May-2008
PMCID:PMC2469597
doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1048-4
PMID:18481097
In Tropical Lowland Rain Forests Monocots have Tougher Leaves than Dicots, and Include a New Kind of Tough Leaf Dominy NJ, Grubb PJ, Jackson RV, Lucas PW, Metcalfe DJ, Svenning JC, Turner IM Ann Bot 03-Apr-2008
PMCID:PMC2710255
doi:10.1093/aob/mcn046
PMID:18387969

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