Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum Miq.,
Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 1 (1861)
Latin for 'with bent inflorescences'.
Synonyms
Alliaria cyrtobotrya (Miq.) Kuntze, Alliaria lobbii (C.DC.)
Kuntze, Alliaria multijuga (Blume) Kuntze, Amoora macrocarpa Merr.,
Dysoxylum alternatum Ridl., Dysoxylum andamanicum King, Dysoxylum
aurantiacum Elmer, Dysoxylum bakeri Elmer, Dysoxylum benguetense
Elmer, Dysoxylum biloculare Koord. & Valet., Dysoxylum blumei Miq.,
Dysoxylum blumei var. grandiflorum Koord. & Valet., Dysoxylum
blumei var. typicum Koord. & Valet., Dysoxylum conchinchinense
Pierre, Dysoxylum conchinchinense var. harmandianum (Pierre)
Pellegr., Dysoxylum conchinchinense var. quocense Pierre,
Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum var. borneense Miq., Dysoxylum grandifolium
Merr., Dysoxylum harmandianum Pierre, Dysoxylum hexandrum Merr.,
Dysoxylum heyneanum Valeton ex K.Heyne, Dysoxylum kinabaluense Merr.,
Dysoxylum lobii C.DC, Dysoxylum multifoliolatum Li & Chen,
Dysoxylum multijugum (Blume) Adelb., Dysoxylum oblongifoliolum
Quisumb. & Merr., Dysoxylum panayense Merr., Dysoxylum racemosum
King, Dysoxylum racemosum var. arboreum King, Dysoxylum
tpongense Pierre, Dysoxylum venulosum King, Heynea multijuga
Blume
Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 39 m tall and 85 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, compound, leaflets penni-veined, glabrous, leaf base rather rounded.
Flowers ca. 10 mm diameter, white, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 37 mm diameter,
yellow-orange-red, dehiscent capsules.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 2000 m
altitude. Common on hillsides and ridges, but also along rivers and on alluvial
sites. On clay to ultrabasic soils. In secondary forests usually present as a
pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Nicobar and Andaman Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser
Sunda Islands, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Philippines.
Local names in Borneo
Bunyah, Hantopak, Kalantupak, Lantupak, Rupai, Segera.
