gutta percha
Early description of Kinta Valley shows a lush lowland tropical forest abundant with high value timbers.
These timber were felled as fodders for tinsmelting industry, causing the British in 1897 through Warden of Mines impose restriction in fobidding felling on species such as meranti, tualang, bungor, chempedak Ayer, chengal, gading, genahay, getah, giam, haliban, jelutong, kapur barus, kemas, kemenian, klat, keranji, kruin, kulim, kulit nips, lenggapus, machang api, medang, merabau, meranti, merawang, nireh, penak, petaling, prah, pulai, rengas, sama rupah, sanei, seraiah, tampinis and tembusu
Furthermore, in 1895, it was recommended that Kledang Range should be declare a forest reserve, a step that will conserve taban and gutta percha which grew in abundance on the eastern slopes up to an elevation of 2,500 feet.
The British in conserving forest species from over harvesting had imposed a guidelines in harvesting nipah, getah rambong, gutta percha and dammar
Excerpt from Kinta Valley, Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development author by Khoo Salma Nasution & Abdur-Razzaq Lubis
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