Dehaasia cuneata (Blume) Blume, Rumphia 1 (1836)

Latin for 'wedge-shaped'.

Synonyms
Cryptocarya cuneata Blume
Cyanodaphne cuneata (Blume) Blume
Endiandra candolleana (Meisn.) Kurz
Haasia cuneata (Blume) Nees

Description
Sub-canopy tree up to 29 m tall and 48 cm dbh. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually glabrous, whitish below. Flowers ca. 2 mm diameter, green-white, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 21 mm long, blue-purple, fleshy drupes placed on swollen red stalks.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Usually on ridges, but also common along rivers. On sandy soils, but also on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Central-, South- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names
Borneo: Marsihung, Medang, Medang batu, Medang kuning, Medang penguan, Medang selapati, Tebuluh.