Macaranga gigantea

Macaranga gigantea is a pioneer tree species.^[1]

References

1. Ishida, Atsushi; Yazaki, Kenich; Hoe, Ang Lai (2005). "Ontogenetic transition of leaf physiology and anatomy from seedlings to mature trees of a rain forest pioneer tree, Macaranga gigantea". Tree Physiology 25 (5): 513–22. doi:10.1093/treephys/25.5.513. PMID 15741149.

Further reading

• Fiala, Brigitte (1996). "Ants Benefit Pioneer Trees: The Genus Macaranga as an Example of Ant-Plant Associations in Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems". In Schulte, Andreas; Schöne, Dieter Hans-Friedrich. Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems. Singapore: World Scientific. pp. 102–23. ISBN 978-981-02-2729-6.
• Kiyono, Yoshiyuki; Hastaniah (2000). "The Role of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture in Transforming Dipterocarp Forrest into Imperata Grassland". In Guhardja, Edi; Fatawi, Mansur; Sutisna, Maman; Mori, Tokunori; Ohta, Seiichi. Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan. Ecological Studies 140. Springer. pp. 199–208. ISBN 978-4-431-70272-6.
• Yamada, Toshihiro; Okuda, Toshinori; Abdullah, Makmom; Awang, Muhamad; Furukawa, Akio (2000). "The leaf development process and its significance for reducing self-shading of a tropical pioneer tree species" (PDF). Oecologia 125 (4): 476–82. doi:10.1007/s004420000473.
• Delmy, A. (2001). "Fire resistance of Tree Species in Bukit Soeharto Education Forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia". In Kobayashi, S.; Turnbull, J. W.; Toma, T.; Mori, T.; Majid, N. M. N. A. Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems. Bogor: Center for International Forestry Research. pp. 27–34. ISBN 978-979-8764-70-7.
• Tanjung, Mulyadi; Hakim, Euis H.; Mujahidin, Didin; Hanafi, Muhammad; Syah, Yana M. (2009). "Macagigantin, a farnesylated flavonol from Macaranga gigantea". Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 11 (11): 929–32. doi:10.1080/10286020903302315. PMID 20183255.

External links

• http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/MacMalBorneo/Macaranga%20gigantea.htm