Santiria grandiflora Kalkman

Tree 25-30 m by 50 cm. Branchlets c. 1-1.75 cm thick, tips puberulent; terminal bud acute, 2-3 cm long. Leaves 4-5-jugate. Petioles 11.5-16.5 cm, deeply channelled at the base, rims of the groove incurved. Leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 11-27 X 4-7 cm, the lower surface pubescent on the nerves, finally glabrous beneath; base rounded; apex acuminate, acumen 6-15 mm long, rather narrow; nervation prominent underneath; nerves 15-24 pairs, hardly conspicuous on the upper surface, nearly straight, rather abruptly arching close to the margin; veins transverse. Panicles (♂ unknown) axillary, pseudo-terminal, 10-16 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers (♂ unknown) AM 2 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 2½-3 mm high, segments nearly free. Filaments adnate to the disk. Disk annular. Infructescences unknown. Fruits nearly transversely obovate, 2 by 1.25 by 1.5 cm, stigma more than 90 degrees excentric.

An upper canopy tree in mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 200 metres. Usually on hillsides and ridges on sandy soils, but also found on alluvial sites.

Uses. The fruits are said to be edible.

Can be grown by seedlings.