Ochreinauclea maingayi (Hook.f.) Ridsdale, Blumea 24, 2 (1978)
Named after A.C. Maingay [1836-1869], a British physician.
Synonyms
Bancalus maingayi (Hook.f.) O.K.
Nauclea maingayi Hook.f.
Sarcocephalus maingayi Havil.
Description
Upper canopy tree up to 43 m tall and 125 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 14 mm long,
pointed to rounded. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca.
3 mm diameter, greenish, with corolla tube, placed in globose flower head.
Fruits ca. 44 mm diameter, green-yellow-brown, fruits fused into compact
fruiting body.
Ecology
In Un disturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp and swamp
forests up to 400 m altitude. On alluvial swampy sites, also often along rivers
and streams. On sandy soils, also on limestone. In secondary forests usually
present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Uses
The fruits are edible.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah,
West- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Bangkal, Empitat, Linpor, Tepong.
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