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Peat Swamp Forest Supports High Primate Densities on Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation Peat swamp forest supports high primate densities on Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia Marcel C. Quinten, Matthias Waltert, Fauzan Syamsuri and J. Keith Hodges Appendix Tree species identifi ed in the peat swamp forest. Family Scientifi c name Mentawai name (where known) Annonaceae Polyalthia laterifl ora (Blume) King Attui Annonaceae Xylopia spp. Apocynaceae Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. Gite Burseraceae Triomma malaccensis Hook.f. Clusiaceae Calophyllum soulattri Burm.f. Bicaubi Dipterocarpaceae Vatica spp. Teppek Dipterocarpaceae Shorea spp. Pucaiguat Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpus spp. Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpus stipularis Blume Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpus glaber Blume Euphorbiaceae Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell. Arg. Panaba Euphorbiaceae Aporosa grandistipula Merr. Taibelek Silala Euphorbiaceae Baccaurea defl exa Muell. Arg. Posa Fagaceae Lithocarpus spp. Gonystylaceae Gonystylus bancanus Baill. Icacinaceae Stemonurus scorpioides Becc. Icacinaceae Gonocaryum spp. Lauraceae Litsea robusta Blume Mangarajo Lauraceae Litsea noronhae Blume Lauraceae Litsea elliptica Blume Polaga Lauraceae Cryptocarya tomentosa Blume Lauraceae Actinodaphne macrophylla (Blume) Nees var. angustifolia Koord. & Valeton Malvaceae Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Melastomataceae Memecylon ovatum Sm. Pakatulu Meliaceae Sandoricum koetjape (Burm.f.) Merr. Moraceae Artocarpus dadah Miq. Peiki Moraceae Ficus spp. Lambo Myristicaceae Knema curtisii (King) Warb. Roat Myristicaceae Knema sumatrana (Blume) W.J.de Wilde Logauna Myristicaceae Myristica iners Blume Myrsinaceae Ardisia spp. Renggeu Onaja Myrtaceae Syzygium spp. Myrtaceae Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels Bolasi Myrtaceae Syzygium suringarianum (K & V.) Amsh. Eilopat Onaja Myrtaceae Syzygium antisepticum (Blume) Merr. & Perry Myrtaceae Rhodamnia cinerea Jack Rhizophoraceae Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. Kangi Rubiaceae Timonius spp. Rubiaceae Gardenia tubifera Wall. Sapotaceae Palaquium spp. Tumu Onaja Sapotaceae Palaquium sumatranum Burck Tumu Leleu Symplocaceae Symplocos fasciculata Zoll. 1 © 2009 Fauna & Flora International, Oryx, Page 1 doi:10.1017/S0030605309990718.
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