Dialium kunstleri Prain, J. As. Soc. Beng. 66, 2 (1897)

Synonyms
Dialium dewittei Steenis
Dialium silvestre de Wit
Dialium trifoliolatum de Wit

Diagnostics
Upper canopy tree up to 50 m tall and 94 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 4 mm long. Leaves alternate, compound, leaflets alternate, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 9 mm diameter, white, placed in branched inflorescences. Fruits ca. 32 mm diameter, blue-black, fleshy, glabrous, pods filled with pulp.

Description
Large trees, to 50 m high and 94 cm dbh; twigs pale or greyish to dark brown, lenticellate, hairy when young. Stipules small, dropped early. Leaves including petiole up to 5 cm long, alternate, imparipinnate; petiolules 3-4(-7) mm long. Leaflets 3-5(-7), alternate, glabrous, compound leaves often mixed with unifoliolate ones, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate to lanceolate, (4-)5-15(-19) by (2-)3-6(-7.5) cm, coriaceous; apex long acuminate to acute; base cuncate or rounded; surfaces concolorous, dark brown when dry, glabrous above, glabrescent beneath; nerves (5-)6-8(-9) pairs, sharply arcuating towards apex, rather distinct. Panicles usually axillary, mostly in few fascicles, rarely terminal, rachis (4-)6-12(-20) cm, sparsely hairy; pedicels (2-)3-4 mm long. Sepals 3, elliptic-oblong, c. 3.5 by 2-2.5 mm, minutely hairy inside. Stamens 6; filaments 1-1.5 mm long; anthers linear, 3-3.5 mm long, sometimes hairy along both sides of the connective. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, whitish hairy; style 1.5-2 mm, slightly recurved at apex. Fruits broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, 3-4 by 2.5-3 cm, mucro sometimes persistent; pericarp rather thick and firm, exocarp glabrescent with age. Seeds (sub)orbicular, placed in pulp, flattish, c. 1.5 by 1 cm, testa chocolate brown to blackish. [from Flora Malesiana]

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and keranga forests up to 400 m altitude. On hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils.

Uses
The fruit is edible. This tree is one of several species yielding a timber known as 'Keranji'. The wood is suitable for heavy construction, flooring, handles for striking tools and batons.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Local names
Borneo: Keranji, Keranji daun tiga, Keranji kijang, Kuranji, Mawang choli, Meliwodong.