Dehaasia titanophylla (Airy Shaw) Kosterm., New & Crit. Mal. Pl. 4 (1955)

Latin for 'huge leaves'.

Synonyms
Alseodaphne titanophylla (Airy Shaw) Airy Shaw
Beilschmiedia titanophylla Airy Shaw

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 28 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, densely hairy below, whitish below. Flowers ca. 2.5 mm diameter, whitish, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 12 mm long, blue-purple, fleshy drupes placed on strongly swollen red stalks.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 100 m altitude. Usually along rivers on sandy soils, but also on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, East-Kalimantan).