Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw. ex
Bl.) Mull.Arg., in DC. Prodr. 15, 2 (1866)
Latin for 'raceme'.
Synonyms
Baccaurea bhaswatii Chakrab. & M.Gangop., Baccaurea wallichii
Hook.f., Coccomelia racemosa Reinw. ex Bl., Pierandia racemosa (Reinw.
ex Bl.) Bl., Pierardia racemosa (Reinw. ex Bl.) Miq.
Description
Understorey tree up to 20 m tall and 34 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long.
Leaves crowded at twig tips, alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers
ca. 3 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 16 mm long, red,
ramiflorous, dehiscent capsules, seeds with blue aril.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests up to 1100 m
altitude. Common on alluvial and dry (hillsides and ridges) sites. On sandy to
clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant
tree.
Uses
Fruits are edible.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo
(Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan), Celebes,
Moluccas.
Local names in Borneo
Engkumi, Kayu masam, Kokonau, Kunau, Kunyi, Longkumo, Moho liox, Tunding
undang, Umbarian.
