Lindera lucida (Blume) Boerl., Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3 (1900)

Synonyms
Aperula lucida Blume
Benzoin lucidum (Blume) Kuntze
Lindera pedicellata Kosterm.
Litsea lucida Blume
Polyadenia lucida (Blume) Nees

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 30 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous, whitish below. Flowers ca. 4 mm diameter, white-yellow, placed in axillary bundles. Fruits ca. 7 mm long, green, fleshy drupes, infructescence resembling Annonaceae apocarp.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1400 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges with poor sandy soils, but also on clay and limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Celebes.

Local names
Borneo: Madang, Medang pirawas, Murus sibadung, Mambrukaan, Tenam.