Urophyllum glabrum Wall.
Latin for 'without hairs'.
Description
Understorey tree up to 11 m tall and 47 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 8 mm long,
broadly triangular. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca.
5 mm diameter, white-yellow, with very short corolla tube, placed in axillary
bundles or short cymes. Fruits ca. 4 mm diameter, orange, berries.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp,
coastal, and swamp forests up to 900 m altitude. Mostly on hillsides and ridges,
but also on alluvial sites and along rivers and streams. On sandy to clay soils.
In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (throughout the island), Celebes.
Local names in Borneo
Kopi-kopi.
