Baccaurea odoratissima Elm., Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911)
Latin for 'strongly fragrant'.

Synonyms
Baccaurea membranacea Pax & K.Hoffm., Baccaurea trunciflora Merr.

Description
Understorey tree up to 15 m tall and 14 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long. Leaves crowded at twig tips, alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 1.1 mm in diameter, yellow, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 12 mm long, orange-red, cauliflorous, dehiscent capsule, seeds with blue aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests up to 1200 m altitude. Mostly on hillsides and ridges, but also common on alluvial sites. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Fruits are edible.

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

Local names in Borneo
Botung kratek, Engkuni, Enkunig, Enkuri, Kukunal, Kunau, Kunau-kunau, Kune madamayam, Mata kunau, Mata pelanduk, Rambai tikus, Sarotik, Tampoi keli.

Notes
Vegetative almost indistinguishable from Baccaurea parviflora.