Indo Malaysia

This is primarily a tropical family with centers of distribution in Indo-Malaysia and tropical America. Three genera are found in the United Slates. 

The family occurs from Indo-Malaysia to Australia with a few species found in South America. A single positive alkaloid test has hecn reported for a species of Leucopogon. 

The ginger family is tropical and especially prominent in Indo-Malaysia. It is known for the familiar spice as well as aromatic oils. Some members are used as ornamentals. 

Thailand is located in the midst of Southeast Asia and shares borders with Myanmar, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Malaysia. Theiiland covers about 514,000 square kilometers of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. The country is divided into four natural regions with 76 provinces the North the Northeast or Korat Plateau the Central Plain or Chao Phraya River Basin the South or Southern Peninsula. By the end of 1996, Thailand s population nearly reached 60 million, a population growth rate of 1.2 percent. Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary form of government. The country s administration is conducted by the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Public Health is one of the 14 Ministries responsible for the improvement and promotion of national health and social welfare. 

The history of the hevea plantation is full of events. This tree was exclusively a product of the Brazilian forest until 1876. At that time, an Englishman, Wickman by name, smuggled hevea seeds from Amazonia, which were sown in Ceylon. Subsequently, rubber planting developed in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Indo-China, Regulating the level aiid the cost of production of the hevea latex has always been difficult in spite of international agreements such as the Stevenson plan (1922). 

We can add here that these high arsenic-containing geological rocks occupy the vast area between the Indostan and Indo-China peninsulas, and similar problems are shown in Thailand and Malaysia. This can be called arsenic biogeochemical sub-region of the biosphere in the context of a biogeochemical mapping (Bashkin and Howarth, 2002). 

Azudin, M. N., and Saari, N. (1988). Histamine content in fermented and cured fish products in Malaysia. FAO Fisheries Report No. 401 Supplement to the Seventh Session of the Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission Working Party on Fish Technology and Marketing, pp. 105-111. Bangkok, Thailand, 19-22 April. 

Lobonemoides gracilis, L. robustus White Tropical waters in Indo-West Pacific Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar... 

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