Monoon paradoxum (Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders, Taxon 61: 1033 (2012)

(Latin for 'paradoxical')

Synonyms
Enicosanthum paradoxum Becc.

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 30 m tall and 20 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined. Flowers with ca. 45 mm long petals, fragrant, white-yellowish, placed solitary or in bundles of up to 3 flowers, cauliflorous. Fruitlets ca. 31 mm long, green-brownish, part of apocarp.

Ecology
Undisturbed lowland forest.

Distribution
Borneo.