Diospyros wallichii King & Gamble, In Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2, 5 (1905)
Named after N. Wallich [1786-1854], a Danish botanist at Calcutta, India.

Synonyms
Diospyros pulchrinervia Kosterm.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 56 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually hairy below. Flowers ca. 2.7 mm diameter, white-cream, with corolla tube, placed in bundles in leaf axils. Fruit ca. 22 mm long, brown-black, fleshy berry.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1000 m altitude. On alluvial (swamps and riversides) and dry places (hillsides and ridges). On sandy to clayey soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Poisonous fruits used for fishing.

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

Local names in Borneo
Kayu baleh, Kayu malam, Kayu tutup kebali, Mauhi, Tubai buah.