Tabernaemontana pauciflora Bl., Bijdr. 1028 (1826)
(Latin for 'few flowers')

Synonyms
Ervatamia blumeana Mgf.; Ervatamia blumeana var. macropetala Bakh.f.; Ervatamia calycina (Wall.) Lace; Ervatamia dinhensis (Pitard) Pichon; Ervatamia harmandiana Pierre in Spire; Ervatamia malaccensis (Hook.f.) King & Gamble; Ervatamia membranifolia (Kurz.) Lace; Ervatamia polysperma (Merr.) Pichon; Ervatamia sralensis (Pierre ex Pitard) Kerr; Tabernaemontana calycina Wall.; Tabernaemontana dinhensis Pitard; Tabernaemontana harmandiana Pierre ex Pitard; Tabernaemontana malaccensis Hook.f.; Tabernaemontana membranifolia Kurz.; Tabernaemontana polysperma Merr.; Tabernaemontana rhynchophylla Miq.; Tabernaemontana sralensis Pierre ex Pitard

Description
Shrub up to 7 m tall and 20 cm dbh. With white latex. Stipules absent. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined. Flowers ca. 28 mm in diameter, white-yellow, with long, narrow corolla tube. Fruits ca. 37 mm long, orange, fleshy drupe, placed in pairs.

Ecology
In disturbed (logged) and undisturbed forests up to 1700 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges, but also along riversides. Mostly on sandy soils and limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
Used against headache.

Distribution
Indo-China, Birma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Bunut, Malul ulat, Rodok.