Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh., Blumea 17 (1969)
Latin for 'from Senegal'.

Synonyms
Aphania angustifolia Radlk., Aphania boerlagei Valet., Aphania cuspidata (Blume) Radlk., Aphania danura (Roxb.) Radlk., Aphania dasypetala Radlk., Aphania fascicularis Radlk., Aphania loheri Radlk., Aphania longipes Radlk., Aphania macrophylla Radlk., Aphania masakapu Melch., Aphania montana Blume, Aphania paucijuga (Hiern) Radlk., Aphania philippinensis Radlk., Aphania senegalensis (Poir.) Radlk., Aphania sphaerococca Radlk., Didymococcus verticillatus (Lindl.) Blume, Euphoria verticillata Lindl., Hydnocarpus tamiana Pulle, Nephelium verticillatum (Lindl.) G.Don., Otophora paucijuga Hiern, Sapindus cuspidata Blume, Sapindus montana (Blume) Blume, Sapindus senegalensis Juss. ex Poir., Sapindus verticillatus (Lindl.) Kurz, Scytalia danura Roxb., Scytalia verticillata (Lindl.) Roxb.

Description
Understorey tree up to 17 m tall and 18 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 6 mm diameter, white-yellow-red, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 14 mm long, pink-red, drupes.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp, coastal and swamp forests up to 600 m altitude. Often on alluvial sites and along rivers and streams, but also on hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils, but also on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The wood is used as house posts. The roots are medicinal. The leaves are used to make a shampoo. The fruits are edible.

Distribution
Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India and southern China to New Guinea. In Borneo collected in Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, South- and East-Kalimantan.

Local names in Borneo
Kilinga caba, Obah.