Dehaasia cuneata (Blume) Blume,
Rumphia 1 (1836)
Latin for 'wedge-shaped'.
Synonyms
Cryptocarya cuneata Blume
Cyanodaphne cuneata (Blume) Blume
Endiandra candolleana (Meisn.) Kurz
Haasia cuneata (Blume) Nees
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually glabrous, whitish below. Flowers ca. 2
mm diameter, green-white, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 21 mm long,
blue-purple, fleshy drupes placed on swollen red stalks.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Usually on
ridges, but also common along rivers. On sandy soils, but also on limestone. In
secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Central-, South- and
East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Marsihung, Medang, Medang batu, Medang kuning, Medang penguan, Medang
selapati, Tebuluh.
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