Neonauclea endertii Ridsdale, Blumea 34, 1 (1989)

Named after F.H. Endert [1891-?], a Dutch forester.

Description
Understorey tree up to 20 m tall and 22 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 13 mm long, with randed tip, dropped early. Leaves opposite, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter, white, with corolla tube, placed in globose flower head. Fruits ca. 15 mm diameter, yellowish, with individual fruits fused into compact fruiting body.

Ecology
In undisturbed forests on limestone soils up to 800 m altitude. Usually on ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.

Distribution
Borneo (East-Kalimantan).