Table 18. Alphabetical list of plants visited by honeybees (Apis cerana and/or A. dorsata) in Malaysia.

Column 1: botanical name and authority (* indicates forest tree in Fig. 2)

Column 2: N = major bee plant, n = minor bee plant, P = pollen plant

Column 3: flowering pattern cont = continuous throughout the year, freq = at frequent intervals (flowering period and interval between flowering, given in brackets below, greg = gregarious), seas = seasonal

Column 4: for species flowering seasonally, further data are given in Fig. 1 for which bold numbers are the key, and in Fig. 2 for which bold letters are the key (Capitals for sik and small for Langkawi)

Column 5: English name and/or, in brackets, Malay name

1	2	3	4	5
Acacia binervia (Wendl.)Macbr.	P	cont		silver acacia
Ananas comosus Merr.	N	cont		pineapple (nenas)
Antigonon leptopus Hook.&Arn.	N	cont		Honolulu creeper
Areca catechu L.	P	cont		betel nut palm (pinang)
*Artocarpus rigidus Blume		seas	A	(periang)
Asystasia intrusa Blume	N	cont		(Pokok Israel)
Averrhoa carambola L.	N	cont		starfruit (belimbing manis
*Avicennia spp				(pokok api-api)
Calliandra surinamensis Benth.	n,P	freq		powderpuff tree
		(3 weeks. interval 2 months)
Callistemon speciosus DC.	n	freq		bottlebrush plant
		(2 weeks, interval 3-5 weeks)
Cassia biflora L.	n	freq
		(3 weeks, interval 2 months)
*Castanopsis sp.		seas	a,B	(berangan)
Casuarina equisetifolia	P	freq		(ru)
Forst. & Forst.		(1 month, interval 1-2 months)
Cinnamomum verum Presl.		seas		1 cinnamon (pokok kayu manis)
Citrus spp	N	cont		lime, orange (limau, limau manis)
Cleome rutidosperma DC.	n	cont		(maman)
Cocos nucifera L.	N	cont		coconut (kelapa)
Coffea liberica hiern.	N	freq		coffee (kopi)
Coffea canephora cvs		(3-7 days, greg, interval &lt1 month)
*Dillenia sumatrana Miq.		seas	b	(simpoh)
*.Dipterocarpus baudii Korth.		seas	c	(keruing, bulu)
*Dipterocarpus sp.		seas	D	(keruing)
Durio zibethinus Murr.,	N	seas	2	durian (durian)
Elaeis guineensis Jacq.	P	cont		oil palm (kelapa sawit)
Eugenia jambos L.	n	seas	3	(jambu mawar)
Eugenia malaccensis L.	n	seas	4	(jambu bol)
*Eugenia spp		seas	d,e	(kelat, kelat kelabu)
Fagraea fragrans Roxb.	p	seas	5	(tembusu)
Gleditsia triacanthos L.				honey-locust
Hevea brasiliensis Muel. Arg.	n.	seas	6	rubber (pokok getah)
*Hopea ferrea Laness	n	seas	F	(malut)
Jacaranda filicifolia D. Don.	N	seas	7	(jambul merak)
Jatropha pandurifolia Andr.	n	cont
(J. integerrima Jacq.)
Justicia sp.	n	cont
*Koompassia malaccensis
Maingay ex Benth.		seas	C	(kempas)
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.)
de Wit.	p	cont		(petai belanda)
*Mangifera sp.		seas	E	(macang)
Manihot glaziovii Muel. Arg.	N	cont		tree tapioca (ubi gajah)
*Melaleuca leucadendron (L) L.				p cont(gelam)
*Millettia atropurpurpea (Wall.)
Benth.		seas	F	(tualang daing)
Mimosa pudica L.	p	cont		sensitive plant (malu-malu)
Mimosa sepiaria Benth.	p	cont
Moringa oleifera Lam.	N	seas	8	horseradish tree (meringgai)
Musa cvs	n	cont		banana (pisang)
*Myristicaceae		seas	G	penarahan)
Nephelium lappaceum L.	N	seas	9	rambutan (rambutan)
Nephelium mutabile Blume	N	seas	10	(pulasan)
Ocimum basilicum L.				sweet basil (selaseh)
*Parkia sp.		seas	H	(petai)
Peltophorum pterocarpum
(DC.) K. Heyne	n	seas	11	yellow flame (batai)
*Pentaspadon sp.		seas	g	(pelong licin)
*Pometia sp.		seas	h,I	(kasai)
*Pongamia pinnata (L) Pierre		seas	i	(mempari)
Psidium guajava L.	N	cont		guava (jambu batu)
Pterocarpus indicus Willd.	P	seas	12	(angsana)
Ptychosperma macarthurii
(Wendl.) Nicholson	n	cont
*Randia sp.		seas	j	(tinjau belukar)
*Rhizophora apiculata Blume		seas	k	(Bakau minyak)
Rhizophora mucronata (Lam.)
Merr.		seas	L	(bakau kurap)
Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.	n	seas	13	rain tree (pokok pukul lima
*Scaphium sp.		seas	J	(kembang semangkok)
*Schima wallichii Choisy		seas	m	(gegatol)
Seamum indicum L.				sesame (bijan)
*Shorea assamica Dyer		seas	K	(meranti pipit)
*Shorea curtisii Dyer ex King		seas	L	(seraya)
*Shorea henryana Pierre		seas	n	(meranti jerit)
*Shorea leprosula Miq.		seas	M	(meranti tembaga)
*Shorea siamensis Miq.		seas	o	(temak batu)
*Shorea sp.		seas	O	(meranti purni)
Solidago virgaurea L.	N	cont		golden rod
Telcoma stans (L) Kunth	n	freq		yellow bells
		(2 weeks, greg, interval 2 month)
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.)
Spach	N	cont
*Tectona grandis L.		seas	p	teak (jati)
Veitchia merrillii (Becc.)
Moore	p	cont		veitchia palm
Vitex negundo L.	N	cont		(lagundi)
Vitex pubescens Vahl	N	cont		(leban)
Zea mays L.	p	cont		maize (jagung)
*		seas	q	(bangol)+
*		seas	r	(jelawi)+
*		seas	s	(kantong)+
*		seas	t	(kelompong)+
*		seas	u	(melopolk)+
		seas	v	(tanpong)+
+ Local Malay names used in Kedah which cannot be traced to species.