Polyalthia spathulata (Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl., Icon. Bogor. 1 (1899)

(Latin for 'spatula shaped')

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 24 m tall and 25 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Flowers unknown. Fruitlets ca. 20 mm long, orange-red, placed in apocarp, fruitlets 1-seeded.

Ecology
Undisturbed forests up to 350 m altitude. Also found in limestone areas. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
bark used as rope.

Distribution
Sumatra and Borneo (East-Kalimantan).