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).
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