Dialium maingayi Baker,
in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878)
Named after A.C. Maingay [1836-1869], a British physician and plant
collector.
Synonyms
Dialium ambiguum Prain, Dialium havilandii Ridley, Dialium
kingii Prain, Dialium platysepalum Baker, Dialium platysepalum
var. ambiguum (Prain) Ridley, Dialium platysepalum var. burong
Prain, Dialium platysepalum var. papan Prain, Dialium
platysepalum var. wallichii Baker, Dialium triste de Wit,
Dialium wallichii (Baker) Prain
Description
Upper canopy tree up to 41 m tall and 62 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 4 mm long.
Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets alternating, penni-veined, glabrous to
hairy,
sometimes whitish below. Flowers ca. 10 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in
branched inflorescences. Fruits ca. 21 mm diameter, brown-black, globose, hairy
pods filled with seeds in pulp.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and swamp forests up to 400 m altitude. 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
The fruits are edible.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah,
Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines.
Local names in Borneo
Keranji, Keranji kuning besar.
