Baccaurea pyriformis Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. India 9 (1922)
Latin for 'pear-shaped'.

Synonyms
Baccaurea platyphylla Pax & K.Hoffm., Baccaurea platyphylloides Pax & K.Hoffm., Baccaurea pubera var. tomentella Miq.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, secondary venation clearly looping, leaf lower surface hairy. Flowers ca. 1.5 mm in diameter, creamish, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 19 mm long, green-yellow-brownish, indehiscent, ramiflorous capsules, seeds with orange-red aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1000 m altitude. Mostly on alluvial sites, but also on hillsides and ridges. On sandy to 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), Celebes, Moluccas.

Local names in Borneo
Bukut, Jentikan, Kelibon, Obah nasi, Papar pingan, Tampoi, Tampoi hutan, Tampoi merah.