Leea philippinensis Merr.

Tree up to 10 m high. Leaves 1-(rarely 2-to 3-) pinnate; leaflets 5-15(-∞). Petiole (2-)3-8 (-11) cm; stipules a narrow wing (2-)3-6 (-8) by ¼-½ cm; rachis 2½-10(-18) cm. Leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, (3-) 6-20 (-30) by (1½-)2-6(-11) cm, glabrous, chartaceous to subcoriaceous; pearl glands stellate and globose, infrequent; drying colour often bluish grey-green above; margin shallowly crenate to repand, rarely dentate; apex acuminate; base rounded to acute; nerves 4-14 pairs; ultimate venation immersed and indistinct; petiolules 2-20 mm. Inflorescences 3-15 (-25) cm long, somewhat lax, glabrous or minutely pubescent particularly at the nodes; bracts deltoid to ovate, inconspicuous; peduncle 2-8(-14) cm, main branches numerous, laxly branched, ultimate branches reduced. Flowers 4-merous, cream. Calyx 3-4 by 4-5 mm, glabrous, lobes 1-2 by 2-3 mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 5-6 mm; corolla lobes 3-4 by 2-3 mm. Staminodial tube 2½-
 long; upper free part 1¾-3 mm long, lobes shallowly retuse, sinus shallow to ½ mm; lower free part ¾-1 mm. Filaments 1-1¾ mm, anthers 1.7-2 mm. Ovary 4-celled, style 1-2 mm. Fruit 10-15 mm ø, orange-brown; seeds usually 4, c. 6 by 6 mm, dark brown, rumination outline reticulate, endosperm complexly ruminate.

Primary rain-forest to 750 m.