Baccaurea macrocarpa (Miq.) Mull.Arg., in DC. Prodr. 15, 2 (1866)
Latin for 'large fruits'.

Synonyms
Baccaurea borneensis (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., Baccaurea griffithii Hook.f., Mappa borneensis Mull.Arg., Pierardia macrocarpa Miq.

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 47 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 6 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous, crowded at twig tips. Flowers ca. 1 mm in diameter, white-yellow, placed in branched racemes. Fruits ca. 32 mm long, yellow-orange-red, indehiscent, cauliflorous capsules, seeds with white-yellow-orange aril.

Ecology
Mostly in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests, but also in (peat-)swamp, sub-montane and keranga forests up to 1000 m altitude. On alluvial sites and hillsides with clay to sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The fruits are edible.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Buah setei, Embah cerila, Embak kapur, Jantikan, Kapul, Pasim salai, Pasin, Pegak, Pekang, Puak tampoi, Setai, Tampoi, Tampoi hutan, Tampoi laki, Terai.