Polyosma latifolia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52 (1911)

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 25 m tall and 32 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, densely hairy undersurface. Flowers ca. 13 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 7 mm diameter, red-blue, drupes.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, swamp, coastal, keranga and sub-montane forests up to 1100 m altitude. On alluvial sites and hillsides with sandy soils, but also on clay. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
Firewood.

Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Central- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names
Borneo: Bedaru, Nyabukok.