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.