Gonocaryum macrophyllum (Blume)
Sleum., Blumea 17 (1969)
Latin for 'large leaves'.
Synonyms
Lasianthera macrophylla (Blume) Miq.
Stemonurus macrophyllus Blume
Description
Understorey tree up to 12 m tall and 30 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni- to tripli-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter,
white-yellow, with long corolla tube, placed in short racemes. Fruits ca. 35 mm
long, blue-purple, fleshy drupes.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and coastal forests up to 400 m altitude.
Usually on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils. In secondary forests
usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo (throughout the island).
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