Elaeocarpus floribundus Bl., Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'with many flowers'.

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 49 m tall and 84 cm dbh. Stipules dropped early. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous or with scales (scurvy like), petioles long, leaf margin usually toothed. Flowers ca. 8 mm in diameter, white-yellow, petal margins fimbriate, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 22 mm long, green, fleshy drupes.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and keranga forests up to 900 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Fruits are edible.

Distribution
India, Anadaman Islands, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines, Celebes.

Local names in Borneo
Empedu, Empeduk, Emperdok, Irat, Kungkurad, Perdu.