Tree up to 30 m tall of intermittent growth with terminal and axillary buds, deciduous (?). Leafy twigs 2.5-4.5 mm thick, densely brownish to whitish minutely puberulous, smooth, drying brown. Leaves distichous; lamina (sub)coriaceous, entire, elliptic, 10-30 by 5-20 cm, apex acuminate, base obtuse to rounded to subcord(ul)ate or to cuneate, margin entire, ± revolute; upper surface whitish to brownish minutely puberulous on the main veins, smooth; lower surface ± densely whitish to brownish minutely puberulous to hispidulous on the veins, smooth to scabridulous; lateral veins (10-)12-16 pairs, none forked away from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform, prominent; petiole 1-4.5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, densely whitish to brownish minutely puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules lateral, 0.3-0.5 cm long, brownish appressedly puberulous, caducous. Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle c. 2 mm long, brown velutinous; head subglobose, c. 6 mm diam.; perianth tubular, 2-lobed; stamen not exserted, anther 0.1-0.2 mm long; interfloral bracts peltate, the apical part c. 0.3 mm diam., puberulous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, solitary on short-shoots with buds lateral over the base of the peduncle; peduncle up to 4 cm long, brown velutinous; head subglobose; perianth puberulous; stigma simple; interfloral bracts peltate, persistent, the apical part 0.2-0.3 mm diam., persistent. Infructescences up to 6 cm diam., pinkish red at maturity.
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A tall tree. It grows 54 m high. The trunk can be 60 cm across. The stem has white sap. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are 1 mm across. They are white to yellow. The flowers are fused into a round flower head. The fruit are 5-6 cm across. They are green and smooth. The seeds have pink to red flesh around them.
A canopy or emergent tree in undisturbed to disturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 metres. On alluvial sites near rivers and streams, and on hillsides. On clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in Borneo.
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