Baccaurea parviflora (Mull.Arg.) Mull.Arg., in DC. Prodr. 5, 2 (1866)
Latin for 'with small flowers'.

Synonyms
Baccaurea affinis Mull.Arg., Baccaurea dasystachya (Miq.) Mull.Arg., Baccaurea rostrata Merr., Baccaurea scortechinii Hook.f., Baccaurea singaporica Pax & K.Hoffm., Pierardia dasystachya Miq., Pierardia parviflora Mull.Arg.

Description
Understorey tree up to 19 m tall and 13 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long. Leaves crowded at twig tips, alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 1.3 mm diameter, yellowish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 20 mm long, purplish, cauliflorous (base of stem), indehiscent capsules, seeds with whitish aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests, but also in keranga, sub-montane and (peat)-swamp forests up to 1100 m altitude. Often on alluvial sites, but also on hillsides. On sandy to rocky soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Wood locally used as boxwood. Fruits are edible.

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

Local names in Borneo
Bamotong belaboh, Belembik planduk, Engkuni, Konkuni, Mata pelanduk, Motjong.

Notes
Vegetative almost indistinguishable from Baccaurea odoratissima.