Litsea ferruginea Blume, Bijdr. (1826)
Latin for 'rusty red'.

Description
Understorey tree up to 19 m tall and 59 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves (sub)-opposite, simple, penni-veined, hairy below, whitish below. Flowers ca. 7 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in axillary bundles. Fruits ca. 20 mm long, red-blue-purple, drupes placed on more or less enlarged flower base.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests up to 1300 m altitude. Usually along rivers, but also on hillsides and ridges. On poor sandy soils, also on ultramafic. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Celebes, Moluccas, Australia.

Local names in Borneo
Medang.