Eriandra fragrans P.Royen & Steenis

Tree up to 32 m, 70 m dbh. Twigs glabrous. Leaves oblong to (ob)lanceolate, 7-40 by 3-10 cm, nar-rowly cuneate at base, acutish or shortly acuminate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous above, slightly hairy on midrib beneath, in basal part beneath with 1-4 in-distinct glands 0.2 mm diam.; midrib sunken above in basal half, nerves 5-16 pairs, finely prominent at both sides; petiole 1-2.5 cm, flattened above, wrin-kled below, apically with a pair of indistinct glands 0.2 mm diam. Axis of raceme-like fascicle 2-20 mm long, shortly hairy to glabrous, at the nodes near the bracts with a pair of inconspicuous, tiny, slightly prominent glands. Flowers 5-6 mm long, white, fra-grant, on 1-5 mm long pedicels. Sepals obovate-spathulate, 4-5.5 mm long, glabrous except for the margin, the outer ones ciliate to base, the inner ones ciliate only apically. Petals free over c. 3 mm, the free parts reflexed during flowering; glabrous except for the ciliate incurved margins. Staminal tube glabrous outside, hairy inside; anthers elliptic, 3-locular in upper half, 4-locular at base, c. 1 mm long, hairy all round. Ovary glabrous; style 3-4 mm long, densely hairy. Fruit 2-4 cm diam., apically with a hairy remnant of the style. Seeds elliptic, c. 1.5 by 1 cm; aril c. 0.2 mm thick; indumentum of testa very dense, 1-2 mm thick.

Primary and secondary rain-forests, usually in the valley bottoms or on plains near the coast, usually on well-drained sandy clay, sometimes on limestone, 0-150(-660) m.