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.
