Dialium indum L., Mant. 1 (1767)

Synonyms
Dialium angustisepalum Ridley
Dialium javanicum Burm.f.
Dialium laurinum Baker in Hook.f.
Dialium laurinum var. bursa de Wit
Dialium marginatum de Wit
Dialium patens Baker in Hook.f.
Dialium turbinatum de Wit

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 43 m tall and 95 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 5 mm long. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets alternating, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 8 mm diameter, white-yellowish, placed in branched inflorescences. Fruits ca. 20 mm diameter, blue-black, fleshy hairy pods filled with seed in pulp.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1200 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges on sandy to clay soils, but also on ultrabasic and limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The fruit is edible.

Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (throughout the island).

Local names
Borneo: Keran-keran, Keranji, Keranji bernang, Keranji madu.