Terminalia foetidissima Griff., Not. Pl. As. 4 (1854)
Latin for 'very bad smelling'.

Synonyms
Myrobalanus foetidissima Kuntze, Terminalia borneensis Sloot., Terminalia ellipsoidea Merr., Terminalia oocarpa Merr., Terminalia sumatrana Miq.

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 45 m tall and 82 cm dbh. Twig tip usually hairy. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, crowded at twig tips. Flowers ca. 6.5 mm in diameter, white-yellow, fragrant, placed in spikes. Fruits ca. 33 mm long, green, fleshy drupes.

Ecology
In mixed dipterocarp forests up to 200 m altitude. On alluvial and dry sites (hillsides and ridges) on clayey to sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The bark yields yellow dye.

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

Local names in Borneo
Dandi, Ketapang, Semundo.