Meiogyne virgata (Bl.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 (1865)
(Latin for 'rod shaped', referring to the long stiff twigs)

Synonyms
Ararocarpus velutinus Scheff.; Cananga virgata (Bl.) Hook.f. & Thomson; Cyathocalyx virgata (Bl.) King; Cyathocalyx subsessilis Ast; Desmos monogynus Merr.; Enicosanthum erianthum (Ridl.) Airy Shaw; Meiogyne eriantha (Ridl.) J.Sincl.; Meiogyne lucida Elm.; Meiogyne monogyna (Merr.) Tien Ban; Meiogyne montana (Bl.) Backer; Meiogyne paucinervia Merr.; Meiogyne philippinensis Elm.; Meiogyne stipitata Koord. & Valeton; Meiogyne subsessilis (Ast) J.Sincl.; Polyalthia eriantha Ridl.; Stelechocarpus montana (Bl.) Miq.; Unona virgata Bl.; Uvaria montana Bl.; Uvaria virgata (Bl.) Bl.

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 24 m tall and 35 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, with nicely upwardly curved secondary veins. Flowers with ca. 19 mm long petals, green-white-yellowish, placed axillary. Fruitlets ca. 35 mm long, olive green, hairy, placed in apocarp, fruitlets several seeded.

Ecology
Undisturbed forests up to 1000 m altitude, but usually much lower. Mostly on hillsides and ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Distribution
Indo-china, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Mempisang; Pisang-pisang; Semukan.