Dimocarpus dentatus

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Dimocarpus dentatus

Description

Trees to 15(-24) m high, dbh up to 40 cm, sometimes with buttresses. Leaves 4-7-jugate, axial parts densely hairy; Inflorescences 25-55 cm long, densely ferrugineous-tomentose, hairs tufted; Sepals 2.5-3 by 1.8-2 mm, inside sparsely hairy in the upper part. Petals 5, oblanceolate, 3.5-4.2 by 1 mm, outside sericeous except at base and sometimes in the upper half, along the margin and inside densely long-hairy except at base. Stamens: Fruits:

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, E and N Borneo present
Malesia: E and N Borneo (locally sometimes common).

Uses

Arillode sweet, edible.