Fagraea auriculata Jack, Mal. Misc. 2, 7 (1822)
Latin for 'with ears', referring to the stipule like appendages at the petiole base.

Synonyms
Fagraea borneensis Scheff in Hassk., Fagraea bracteosa Cammerl., Fagraea curranii Merr., Fagraea epiphytica Elmer, Fagraea euneura Scheff. in Hassk., Fagraea imperialis Miq., Fagraea jackii Elmer, Fagraea javanica Reinw. ex Blume, Fagraea nonok Elmer, Willughbeia auriculata (Jack) Spreng.

Description
Epiphytic climber turning into a tree up to 30 m tall and 30 cm dbh when mature. Stipules? Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous, leathery, petiole base with two distinct stipule like appendages. Flowers huge trumpets up to 200 mm diameter, white-yellow, solitary or in small clusters. Fruits ca. 70 mm long, green-whitish, capsules, dehiscing into four lobes. Seeds embedded in orange to red pulp.

Uses
Ornamental.

Ecology
In undisturbed to quite open and slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp, peat-swamp, coastal and sub-montane forests up to 1800 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites. Also growing on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree. Flowers are bee and bird pollinated. Seeds are bird and ant dispersed. The leaf auricles form ant-shelters.

Distribution
Burma, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, West- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas.