Pentace erectinervia Kosterm., Commun. Forest Res. Inst. Bogor 87 (1960)

Latin for 'with raised venation'.

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 32 m tall and 40 cm dbh. Stipules small. Leaves alternate, simple, tripli-veined, glabrous, whitish below. Flowers ca. 7 mm diameter, white, placed in panicles. Fruits not seen but probably winged nuts like the other species in this genus.

Ecology
In undisturbed to slightly disturbed (open sites) mixed dipterocarp forests up to 200 m altitude. On hillsides and ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Uses
The timber is used for construction purpuses.

Distribution
Borneo (Sabah, East-Kalimantan).

Local names
Borneo: Samunduh.