tengkawang
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Etymology edit
From Malay. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
tengkawang (plural tengkawangs)
- The tree Shorea macrophylla, from Borneo, that has oil-bearing seeds
- 2015 October 15, “Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in a Rapidly Transforming Landscape in Northern Borneo”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Natural and logged-over forests should be maintained or managed as an integral part of the swidden system, and landscape multifunctionality should be sustained as a safety net against the price volatility of traded goods (e.g. rubber, palm oil, timber, tengkawang oil), upon which the economy of monocrop systems is much more dependent.