Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.

Shrubs to small trees up to ca. 12 m tall and 8 cm dbh, reproductive from 1.5 m tall and 5 cm dbh. Twigs solid, glabrous to rarely hairy (simple, tufted and stellate hairs). Stipules narrowly triangular, early-caducous, erect, 1-4 mm long by 1-1.5 mm wide. Petioles glabrous (to sparsely hairy), opposite leaves differing in petiole length, long petioles up to ca. 1.5 cm long, opposite short petioles up to ca. 0.5 cm long. Leaves opposite, one of each leaf pair clearly smaller, but similar in shape; large leaves elliptic to obovate, 9-25 cm long by 3.5-10 cm wide, length/width-ratio 2.31-2.57; secondary veins 8-13, ending in the margin; leaf base attenuate, sometimes slightly cordate; leaf margin with glands, serrate; leaf upper surface glabrous, with 2-6 rather large basal nectary glands positioned near the midrib at base of secondary veins, rarely with apical nectary glands as well; leaf lower surface glabrous, densely gland dotted. Staminate inflorescences not branched; flowers clustered per bracteole; bracteoles with entire margin. Pistillate inflorescences not branched; fruits 10-13 mm wide, 3-locular, with few short spines.

Ecology: Collected up to ca. 500 m altitude. A relatively shade tolerant species found in primary and secondary forests.

Distribution: From India and Sri Lanka to New Guinea and Australia. In Borneo collected only twice in Sabah.