a simpur story
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A Simpur StoryA Simple Guide to Understand Simpur.
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General Facts
❖ Simpur is of one the many species from the genus Di!enia.
❖ Named after German botanist, Johann Jacob Dillenius.
❖ There are currently 96 species in this genus.
❖ Native to tropical and subtropical regions such as Asia, Australasia and Indian Ocean Islands.
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HabitatFrom top right, Simpur growing on eroded land; bottom right, Simpur
growing near the edge of forest; le", a lone simpur tree at Jerudong Beach
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The Distribution❖ Di!enia beccariana
❖ Status: Borneo endemic
❖ Common name: Buan (Iban)
❖ Found: on disturbed clay slope in lower Temburong and Batu Apoi valleys, Ulu Tutong and Tasik
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The Distribution❖ Di!enia excelsa
❖ Status: Uncommon.
❖ Common name: Simpur laki (Brunei, Dusun), beringin (Iban)
❖ Found: on moist valley and lower slopes of forest. Some are planted near Brunei Arts and Crafts Centre.
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The Distribution
❖ Di!enia grandifolia
❖ Status: Uncommon
❖ Common name: Stilted Simpoh
❖ Found: in Ulu Ingei and Andulau Forest Reserve, Belait and Kuala Belalong.
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The Distribution❖ Di!enia reticulata
❖ Status: Critically endangered
❖ Common name: Stilted Simpoh
❖ Found: on sandy soils in the floodplains of the streams within Andulau Forest Reserve in Brunei and Ulu Belait.
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The Distribution
❖ Di!enia su#oticosa
❖ Status: Common
❖ Common name: Simpoh Air, Simpor Bini
❖ Found: on degraded land, river banks, downriver and poor soils.
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The Distribution❖ Di!enia sumatrana
❖ Status: Common
❖ Common name: Simpur laki (Brunei), peru, menterong.
❖ Found: on lowland forest on leached sandy clay soils in Belait, Tutong and Temburong Districts.
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The Distribution
❖ Di!enia borneesis
❖ Status: Rare
❖ Common name: Ubah Rusa (Iban)
❖ Found: on clay soils in forest 300 m in Temburong District.
❖ Di!enia pulche!a
❖ Common name: Simpur paya (Brunei).
❖ Found: in peat swamp forest and swampy kerangas, in Brunei especially near the coast.
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D. beccariana D. excelsa
D. su#uticosa
D. phi!ipinensisD. sumatranaD. indica
D. alata
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D. su#uticosa
D. indica
D. beccariana
D. phi!ipinensis
D. excelsaD. alata
D. ingens
D. ovata
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General Uses
❖ The leaves can be used for wrapping food.
❖ Matured leaves of some species can be used as sand paper.
❖ Fruit pulp can be used for washing hair.
❖ Young shoots can stop a wound from bleeding.
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Simpur leaves used in cookingFrom top right, the fish being wrapped in the leaf; bottom right, the finished product of
the fish with the leaf opened; le", the finished product of the fish with the leaf sti! intact.
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Sweet TapaiFrom the right, two types of tapai, the common tapai and the less common
tapai wrapped in simpur leaf; le", the less common tapai showing its content.
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Other uses
❖ It can be used to indicate water level.
❖ It sends out deep tap roots during dry season. So, people use it as a guide to dig well.
❖ It can grow on white sand.
❖ It colonises the land to provide shade for other seedlings. the seedlings will the eventually form a new forest.
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