Microcos hirsuta (Korth.) Burret

A small tree. It grows about 10-16 m tall. The trunk is 35 cm across. The branches are hairy. The leaves are alternate and simple. There are hairy. The flowers contain both sexes. The flowers are 11 mm across. They are white or yellow and in groups. The fruit are 2 cm long and orange.

An understorey tree in undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests; along rivers and streams, but most common on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.

The fruit are acid and used in juice drinks. The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Plants can be grown from seeds.