Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh., Blumea 19 (1971)

Latin for 'smoke-like or brownish'.

Synonyms
Nephelium fumatum Blume
Pseudonephelium fumatum (Blume) Radlk.
Pseudonephelium javanicum Radlk.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 35 m tall and 66 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets penni-veined, usually glabrous, margin sometimes toothed. Flowers ca. 4 mm diameter, white-yellowish, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 23 mm long, green-yellowish, slightly warty drupes. Seeds with aril.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1500 m altitude. On alluvial sites, along rivers and streams, on hillsides and ridges, usually on sandy soils but also on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The fruits are edible.

Distribution
Southern China, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (throughout the island), Philippines.

Local names
Borneo: Katumbar, Mambuakat, Merakiang.