Mischocarpus pentapetalus (Roxb.) Radlk., Sapind. Holl.-Ind. (1879)
Latin for 'five petals'.

Synonyms
Cupania fuscescens (Blume) Miq., Cupania pentaphylla Hiern, Cupania pentaphylla Wight, Cupania roxburghii Wight, Cupania subundulata (Turcz.) Rolfe, Cupania sumatrana (Blume) Miq., Mischocarpus brachyphyllus Radlk., Mischocarpus ellipticus Radlk., Mischocarpus endotrichus Radlk., Mischocarpus fuscescens Blume, Mischocarpus salicifolius Radlk., Mischocarpus sublaevis Radlk., Mischocarpus sumatranus Blume, Nephelium hosei Ridl., Pedicellia fuscescens (Blume) Pierre, Pedicellia pentapetala (Roxb.) Pierre, Pedicellia sumatrana (Blume) Pierre, Ratonia sumatrana (Blume) Kurz, Schleichera pentapetala Roxb., Schleichera pentaphylla (Wight) Roxb., Schleichera subundulata Turcz., Schmidelia pentapetala (Roxb.) Wight

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 31 m tall and 43 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 5 mm diameter, white-yellowish, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 9 mm long, red-brown, dehiscent capsules. Seeds with red aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp, coastal (mangrove edges, beach edges), and sub-montane forests up to 1800 m altitude. On hillsides and ridges, but also on alluvial sites and along rivers and streams. On sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The fruit is edible.

Distribution
India, southern China, Indo-China, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (throughout the island), Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Buah sia, Taongau.