Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837)
Latin for 'with pilose or hairy anthers'.

Synonyms
Diospyros cubica Bakh., Diospyros elmeri Merr., Diospyros nidus-avis Kosterm., Diospyros plicata Merr., Diospyros polyalthioides Korth. ex Hiern., Diospyros polyalthioides var. polyalthioides (Korth. ex Hiern.) Ng

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 35 m tall. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, rather variable. Flowers ca. 5 mm in diameter, white-yellow, with corolla tube, placed in bundles in leaf axils. Fruit ca. 27 mm long, colour?, fleshy berry, often surrounded by wavy calyx.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1600 m altitude. Mostly on hillsides, but also on alluvial places and ridges. On ultrabasic, sandy and clayey soils, also often on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used for furniture. The fruits are edible.

Distribution
Indo-China, Birma,  Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea.

Local names in Borneo
Harang-harang, Kayu arang, Kayu hitam, Kayu malam, Samuko, Tungun apoi.