Archidendron ellipticum (Blume) Nielsen, Adansonia ser. 2, 19, 1 (1979)
Latin for 'elliptic', referring to the leaflets.

Synonyms
Abarema elliptica (Blume) Kosterm., Abarema waitzii (Kosterm.) Kosterm., Albizia fasciculata (Benth.) Kurz, Feuilleea beccariana O.Kuntze, Inga elliptica Blume, Pithecellobium ellipticum (Blume) Hassk., Pithecellobium fasciculatum Benth., Pithecellobium waitzii Kosterm.

Description
Understorey tree up to 20 m tall and 30 cm dbh. Twigs sometimes hollow and ant-inhabited. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets opposite, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter, white-yellow, with protruding stamens, flowers placed in branched inflorescence. Fruits ca. 138 mm long, orange-red, curled, dehiscent pod. Seeds black, remaining attached to opened pod.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Along rivers and on hillsides with sandy soils, but also on or near limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Roots used as fish poison. The wood is locally used for construction purposes. Pounded leaves used against lice.

Distribution
Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Indelebah, Jaring, Jering-jering, Langir antu.