Monocarpia euneura Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 (1865)
(Latin for 'with conspicuous veins', referring to the leaves)Synonyms
Cyathocalyx marginalis Scheff.
Cyathocalyx maingayi Hook.f. & Thomson
Monocarpia marginalis (Scheff.) J.Sinclair
Description
Sub-canopy trees up to 23 m tall and 27 cm dbh. Twigs hairy. Stipules
absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, with very clearly looping
secondary veins. Flowers with ca. 23 mm long petals, white-yellowish, solitary,
placed leaf opposed. Fruit ca. 43 mm long, red, smooth surface, syncarp with
several seeds surrounded by white flesh.
Ecology
Undisturbed forests up to 200 m altitude. In secondary forests usually
present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, West- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Banitan; Karai.
