''Xylopia ferruginea'' is a species of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in the family

Annonaceae The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...

. It is a medium-sized forest tree which can reach in height. The word ''ferruginea'' is derived from the

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word "''ferrugo''" ("rust"), and refers to the rusty colored hairs on the underside of the leaves. In the

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, the common name is "Jangkang", which literally means "stilt roots".

References

*''The Wayside Trees of Malaya'', EJH Corner, 4th Edition, 1998 ferruginea Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker Taxa named by Thomas Thomson (botanist) Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Annonaceae-stub