Aporosa granularis Airy Shaw,
Kew Bull. 29 (1974)
Latin for 'knobbled'.
Synonyms
Aporosa microstachya (Tul.) Mull.Arg.
Description
Shrub up to 8 m tall and 12 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 7 mm long, curved. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 0.3 mm in diameter,
yellowish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 8 mm long, yellow-orange-red, dehiscent
capsule, seeds with orange aril.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forest up to 500 m altitude. On alluvial
sites and hillsides and ridges, usually on clay soils, but also on sandy soils.
In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central-, South- and
East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Ganjii, Janggau, Kayu massam, Kayu matalio.
