Praravinia subtomentosa Bremek., Recueil Trav. Bot. N¨Ĥerl. 37: 251 (1940)

Species name meaning 'velvetly hairy'.

Description
Tree with opposite leaves and long stipules between each opposite leaf pair. Most vegetative parts covered by short velvet hairs. Leafs elongate with many secondary veins. Fruits rather large (up to ca. 3 cm diameter), beaked and green to yellowish coloured berries filled wit many small seeds in orange pulp.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed forests up to at least 1000 m elevation.

Distribution
Borneo.