Microcos fibrocarpa (Mast.) Burret, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl.-Dahl. 9 (1926)
Latin for 'fruits with fibers'.

Synonyms
Grewia fibrocarpa Mast.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 31 m tall and 44 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 4 mm long, toothed. Leaves alternate, simple, tripli-veined, densely hairy (sandpaper-like). Flowers ca. 14 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 25 mm long, yellow-orange-red, fleshy drupes.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp forests up to 700 m altitude. Common on alluvial sites, hillsides and ridges with sandy soils, but also on clay. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The fruits are edible.

Distribution
India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (throughout the island).

Local names in Borneo
Asam jui, Ina burung, Kayu manyung, Kayu ruput pongngang, Buah sunpit, Pal sunpit, Tongput.