''Xylopia ferruginea'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

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

Malay language Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Rejang script, Rencong: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spo ...

, 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