Baccaurea polyneura Hook.f.,
Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887)
Latin for 'many veins'.
Synonyms
Baccaurea cordata Merr., Baccaurea hookeri Gage, Baccaurea
kunstleri King ex Gage
Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 54 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 6 mm long.
Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, hairy below, cordate base. Flowers ca.
1.2 mm in diameter, creamish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 19 mm long,
yellow-orange, rhamiflorous, dehischent capsules, seeds with orange-red aril.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 700 m altitude. On hillsides
and ridges, but also on alluvial sites. On sandy soils. In secondary forests
usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Uses
Fruits are edible.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah,
West- Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Enyak beruk, Jelintik, Kapul burung, Kayu masam, Simpak nyabor, Tampoi.
