Pleiocarpidia polyneura (Miq.) Bremek., Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 37 (1940)
Latin for 'many veins', referring to the leaf venation.Synonym
Urophyllum polyneura Miq.
Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 26 m tall and 32 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 15 mm long,
sometimes with to pointed tips. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, densely
hairy. Flowers ca. 6 mm diameter, green-white, with short corolla tube, flowers
in compressed panicles. Fruits ca. 10 mm diameter, yellow-orange, berries.
Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open) mixed dipterocarp and keranga
forests up to 500 m altitude. Often on alluvial sites and along rivers and
streams, but also on hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils. In secondary
forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Distribution
Borneo (throughout the island).
Local names
Borneo: Kopi-kopi.
