Baccaurea deflexa Mull.Arg.,
in DC. Prodr. 15, 2 (1866)
Latin for 'bend down'.
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 43 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long. Leaves grouped terminally on
twigs, alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy below, sometimes with clear
nectary glands on lower surface. Flowers ca. 1.5 mm in diameter,
white-yellowish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 20 mm long,
green-yellow-brownish, fleshy indehiscent capsule, placed on the stem, seeds
with orange aril.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 200 m altitude. On alluvial
and dry sites with sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a
pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Uses
Trees sometimes cultivated in forest gardens for the edible fruit.
Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Encia, Jentihan, Keliwan, Lubi, Mata tingan, Tampoi.
