Neouvaria foetida (Maing. ex
Hook.f. & Thomson) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. (1939)
(Latin for 'bad smelling')
Synonyms
Popowia foetida Maing. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 90 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined, very hairy on lower surface. Flowers yellowish,
rhamiflorous. Fruitlets ca. 61 mm long, brownish, hairy, placed in an apocarp.
Ecology
Undisturbed forests up to 100 m altitude. Usually on hillsides. In secondary
forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah and East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Ampunjit.
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