Limacia oblonga Hook.F. & Thomson

Woody climber up to about 10 m. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescences covered with a very short, velvety, ± yellow-brown indumentum. Leaves: petioles 1.5-4 cm; lamina elliptic, oblong-elliptic, broadly elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 9-25 by 3-10 cm, apex usually acutely acuminate, mucronulate, base acute to rounded, 3-nerved; lateral nerves 4 pairs, prominent on lower surface; both surfaces glabrous apart from puberulous midrib; papyraceous. Male inflorescences pseudo-paniculate, often about 3 arising together, 5-16 cm long, with very slender branches. Male flowers greenish yellow, subsessile: sepals 9, ± ovate, tomentose, outer 3 minute, 0.5 mm long, middle 3, 0.75 mm long, inner 3, 1.5 mm long and broad; petals 6, obovate, 0.75 mm long, glabrous; stamens 6, claviform, 0.75 mm. Female inflorescences similar to male but shorter, 1-4 cm long, branches thickening when in fruit. Female flowers: sepals and petals ± as in male; carpels 3, obliquely ellipsoidal, 1 mm long, stigma auriculate; staminodes linear. Drupes yellow, obliquely obovate in outline, 14-20 by 12-16 mm, puberulous to glabrescent.

A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in primary and secondary forests up to 350 m altitude. It grows on deep brown sandy loams.

Uses. Root extract applied to sore eyes; possibly contains berberine (BURKILL, 1935). Fruits edible, sweet (VAN BALGOOY 2155, Malaya).