Aporosa frutescens Blume, Bijdr. (1825)
Latin for 'shrub-like'.

Synonyms
Aporosa fruticosa (Blume) Mull.Arg., Leiocarpus fruticosa Blume

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 22 m tall and 31 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 6 mm long, dropped early. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 0.5 mm in diameter, yellow, placed in compressed racemes. Fruits ca. 12 mm long, yellow-orange-red, dehiscent capsule, seeds with orange aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1700 m altitude. Mostly on hillsides and ridges with rocky to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Fruits are edible.

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

Local names in Borneo
Girak, Kalumanjat, Korosib, Lamog-lamog, Liposu gobuk, Monka-a, Rambai-rambai.