Baccaurea pubera (Miq.) Mull.Arg., in DC. Prodr. 15, 2 (1866)
Latin for 'hairy'.

Synonyms
Baccaurea elmeri Merr., Baccaurea latifolia King ex Hook.f., Baccaurea puberula Merr., Pierardia pubera Miq.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 40 m tall and 59 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 8 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous to short hairy below. Flowers ca. 2.1 mm in diameter, yellowish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 18 mm long, green-yellow-brownish, cauliflorous, dehiscent capsules, seeds with pink-red aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1500 m altitude. Mostly on hillsides and ridges on clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Fruits are edible.

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

Local names in Borneo
Kunkurad, Monyak buruk, Paih, Puak, Pugi, Silu buang, Tampoi, Tampui.