Baccaurea racemosa (Reinw.) Müll.Arg.

A tree. It grows 15-25 m tall. The trunk can be 25-70 cm across. The crown is irregular shaped and dense. The leaves are oval and 7-18 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. The leaves have glands. The leaf stalk is 0.5-4.5 cm long. The leafy growths at the base of the leaves (stipules) are triangle shaped. The flowering stalks are on the old branches or on the trunks. The male and female flowers are separate. The male flowering stalks are 5-13 cm long. The flowers are in clusters of 3. The female flowering stalks are 10-20 cm long. The fruit are white and about 3.5 cm across. When ripe they turn scarlet. They are covered with fine silvery hairs.

An understorey tree of tropical lowland forest at elevations up to 1,000 metres, on a wide range of soils, from dry sandstone to peat swamps.

The fruit are eaten raw. They can be sweet or acidic. Caution: There are reports of vomiting from eating large amounts of fruit.

Plants can be grown by seeds, air-layering and grafting,