Pleiocarpidia capituligera (Ridl.) Bremek., Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 37 (1940)
Latin for 'with heads', referring to the inflorescences?Synonyms
Urophyllum capituligerum Ridl.
Description
Shrub up to 8 m tall and 14 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 10 mm long, pointed. Leaves
opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous(?). Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter,
green-yellowish, with short corolla tubes, flowers in compressed panicles.
Fruits ca. 6 mm diameter, orange, berries.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp forests up to
900 m altitude. Usually on ridges, but also along rivers and streams and on
hillsides. On clay soils. In secondary forests usually present as a
pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, East-Kalimantan).
Local names
Borneo: Kopi hutan, Saba bubu.
