Fagraea racemosa Jack ex
Wall., in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2 (1824)
Latin for 'raceme'.
Synonyms
Fagraea appendiculata Blume, Fagraea coartata Blume,
Fagraea coartata var. ligustrina Blume, Fagraea congestiflora
Elmer, Fagraea cordifolia Blume, Fagraea crassipes Benth.,
Fagraea cuspidata Blume, Fagraea cymosa Merr., Fagraea
eucalyptifolia Cammerl., Fagraea gracilis Cammerl., Fagraea
grandifolia Merr., Fagraea latifolia Miq., Fagraea ligustrina
Blume, Fagraea ligustrina var. brachystachya Blume, Fagraea
ligustrina var. disparifolia Blume, Fagraea maingayi Clarke in
Hook.f., Fagraea malayana Mart., Fagraea morindaefolia (Reinw.)
Blume, Fagraea pauciflora Ridl., Fagraea pendula Merr., Fagraea
racemosa var. coarctata, Fagraea racemosa var. grandis,
Fagraea racemosa var. pauciflora, Fagraea robusta Blume, Fagraea
rodatzii K.Sch. & Laut., Fagraea scholaris Blanco, Fagraea spicata
Baker, Fagraea stenophylla Becc., Fagraea subreticulata Blume,
Fagraea teysmannii Cammerl., Fagraea thwaitesii F.v.M., Fagraea
volubilis Wall. in Roxb., Kentia morindaefolia (Reinw.) Steud.,
Kuhlia morindaefolia Reinw., Utania morindaefolia (Reinw.) Don,
Willughbeia racemosa (Jack ex Wall.) Spreng., Willughbeia volubilis
(Wall. in Roxb.) Spreng.
Description
Understorey tree up to 17 m tall and 18 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 7 mm long,
fused into an annular ring around the twig. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined,
leathery, glabrous. Flowers ca. 16 mm diameter, white-yellow, long corolla tube,
placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 15 mm long, yellow-pinkish-blue, berries with many
small seeds.
Ecology
In undisturbed to rather open mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up
to 1500 m altitude. Often on alluvial sites or along rivers, but also on
hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests usually
present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree. Perhaps bat pollinated. Fruits are
bat pollinated.
Uses
Wood used for construction and firewood. Roots, bark and leaves used as
medicine (mainly as tonics).
Distribution
From Burma and Indo-China to New Guinea, Australia and Solomon Islands. In
Borneo collected throughout the island.
Local names in Borneo
Engkudug biang, Girang, Sukong ranyai, Tembusu gaja, Tigaan, Todopon puvok,
Ukudu ayer.
