Aidia densiflora (Wall.) Masam.,
Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ. 4 (1955)
Latin for 'densely flowered'.
Synonyms
Aidia coriacea (Miq.) Tirveng., Aidia oblongata (Miq.) Tirveng.,
Aidia wallichiana (Wall.) Tirveng., Cupia densiflora (Wall.) DC,
Cupia oppositifolia (Roxb.) DC, Gynopachis attenuata Korth.,
Gynopachis oblongata Miq., Randia densiflora (Wall.) Benth.,
Randia oppositifolia (Roxb.) Koord., Stylocoryne densiflora (Wall.)
Steud., Stylocoryne dimorphyphyla Teijsm. & Binn., Urophyllum
coriaceaum Miq., Webera densiflora Wall., Webera oppositifolia
Roxb., Webera oppositifolia var. densiflora (Wall.) Kurz
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 33 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 6 mm long,
triangular with pointed tip. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, secondary
veins looping, glabrous. Flowers ca. 9 mm diameter, white, with corolla tube,
flowers placed in axillary panicles. Fruits ca. 7 mm diameter, orange-black,
berries.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane
forests up to 1200 m altitude. On hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils.
In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
India, Andaman Islands, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra,
Borneo (Sarawak, West-, South- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Sabar bubu, Sembalun.
