Dehaasia incrassata (Jack) Kosterm., J. Sci. Res. Indon. 1 (1952)
Latin for 'thickened'.

Synonyms
Beilschmiedia purpurea Elmer, Dehaasia lanyuensis (Ching-En-Chang) Kosterm., Dehaasia media Blume, Dehaasia microcarpa Blume, Dehaasia squarrosa Zoll. & Mor. ex Miq., Dehaasia triandra Merr., Endiandra lanyuensis Ching-En-Chang, Haasia incrassata (Jack) Nees, Haasia microcarpa Blume ex Nees, Haasia squarrosa Miq., Laurus incrassata Jack, Machilus incrassatus (Jack) Nees, Machilus media Rumph., Persea incrassata (Jack) Nees

Note
Rather similar to Alseodaphne elmeri Merr.

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 28 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3.5 mm diameter, yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 32 mm long, blue-purple, fleshy drupes placed on swollen red stalks.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 900 m altitude. On alluvial sites and along rivers, but also on hillsides and ridges. Usually on sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Wood locally used for house building. Fruits poisonous.

Distribution
Taiwan, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (throughout the island), Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea.

Local names in Borneo
Medang, Monompuru.