Memecylon calyptratum Bremer, Opera Bot. 69 (1983)
Latin for 'enwrapped'.Description
Understorey tree up to 19 m tall and 32 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
opposite, simple, penni-veined, tertiary venation vaint, glabrous. Flowers ca.
4.5 mm diameter, white-bluish, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 15 mm long, blue,
berries.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1700 m
altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges. In secondary forests usually present
as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Obah, Telinga basing.
