Malaisia

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| name = Burny vine

| image = Trophis scandens flower spike.jpg

| image_caption = Burny vine Malaisia scandens subsp. scandens flower spike and leaves

| genus= Malaisia

| parent_authority = Blanco (1837)

| species = scandens

| authority = (Lour.) Planch. (1855)

| synonyms =

• Alchornea scandens {{small|(Lour.) Müll.Arg. (1865)}}
• Caturus scandens {{small|Lour. (1790)}}
• Malaisia tortuosa var. scandens {{small|(Lour.) Bureau (1873), nom. superfl.}}
• Trophis scandens {{small|(Lour.) Hook. & Arn. (1837)}}

| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854463-1 Malaisia scandens (Lour.) Planch.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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{{Distinguish|Malaysia|Malesia}}

Malaisia scandens (syn. Trophis scandens), the burny vine or crow ash, is a species of large woody vines, constituting part of the fig plant family. They grow naturally in rainforests in Australia and Malesia.{{cite book |last1=George |first1=Alexander S. |date=1989 |title=Flora of Australia: Volume 3; Hamamelidales to Casuarinales |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/a08d125d-a6d0-47c4-85e9-9b7ac5d4931a/files/flora-australia-03-hamamelidales-casuarinales.pdf |location=Canberra |publisher=Australian Government Publishing Service |page=19 }} It is the only species in the genus Malaisia.

In Australia, they grow naturally from Mount Dromedary in coastal south–eastern New South Wales northwards through the eastern coastal regions to north Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and further across coastal regions of northern Australia in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Botanists have recognised and described two subspecies, as follows, one endemic to Lord Howe Island offshore from New South Wales Australia and the type subspecies of mainland Australia and Malesia.

• Malaisia scandens subsp. megacarpa {{Au|(P.S.Green) P.S.Green}} – Lord Howe Island
• Malaisia scandens subsp. scandens – NSW, Qld, NT, WA

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| image1= Burny Vine Trophis scandens subsp scandens Royal National Park.jpg

| caption1= Large trunk with serrated, coppice (juvenile) leaves

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| image2= Trophis scandens foliage and flowers.jpg

| caption2= Flower spike and foliage

| width2= 232

| image3= Trophis scandens form.jpg

| caption3= Habit below the forest canopy in the open

| width3= 233

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