ຢາງບົງ / Yang Bong
APA 6th ed. ຢາງບົງ / Yang Bong. (2021, August 26). Retrieved from https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000016
MLA 8th ed. ຢາງບົງ / Yang Bong. Pha Khao Lao, 26 August 2021, https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000016.
Chicago 17th ed. Pha Khao Lao. 2021. "ຢາງບົງ / Yang Bong." Published August 26, 2021. https://www.phakhaolao.la/kb/0000016.
bong khao, bong daeng
Chinese: 秃枝润楠 tu zhi run nan
Vietnamese: boi loi
The powder of bong bark is known as kobuak powder
Bong is a small to medium-sized tree, about 10 m-25 m tall and 10-45 cm in DBH. Bong khao (white) and bong daeng (red) are named after their respective colours of sticky sap and inner bark and leafstalk (1-2 cm). The grey bark is 0.5 cm thick. Bong khao leaves are rounded, egg-shaped, 12-14 cm long and 6-7.5 cm wide; bong daeng leaves are elongated, 15-25 cm long and 4-6 cm wide. Flowers grow in clusters while the fleshy fruit has a single seed c.0.5 cm in diameter. Taxonomy is not clear among the bong species. Some species with the bong name belong to other families and do not produce bong bark. The various other species producing bong bark are: Persea villosa (bong khao nhai); P. umbelliflora (Bl.) Kostern. or Notaphoebe umbelliflora Bl. (bong khao); Actinodaphne cochinchinensis (bong daeng noi); Machilus chinensis (bong khao noi); Litsea monopetala Pers. (bong khao, bong mee).
Bong is a small to medium-sized tree, about 10 m-25 m tall and 10 cm-45 cm in
DBH. Bong khao (white) and bong daeng (red) are named after their respective colours of sticky sap and inner bark and leafstalk (1 cm-2 cm). The grey bark is 0.5 cm thick. Bong khao leaves are rounded, egg-shaped, 12 cm-14 cm long and 6 cm-7.5 cm wide; bong daeng leaves are elongated, 15 cm-25 cm long and 4 cm-6 cm wide. Flowers grow in clusters while the fleshy fruit has a single seed c. 0.5 cm in diameter. Taxonomy is not clear among the bong species. Some species with the bong name belong to other families and do not produce bong bark. The various other species producing bong bark are: Persea villosa (bong khao nhai); P. umbelliflora (Bl.) Kostern. or Notaphoebe umbelliflora Bl. (bong khao); Actinodaphne cochinchinensis (bong daeng noi); Machilus chinensis (bong khao noi); Litsea monopetala Pers. (bong khao, bong mee).