Baccaurea javanica (Blume) Müll.Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 465. 1866. Adenocrepis javanica Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 579. 1826. Baccaurea sumatrana auct. non (Miq.) Müll.Arg. 1866: Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 957. 1984; Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot., Addit. Ser. 9: 24, f. 4. 1992.

Shrubs or trees, 2.5 - 25 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves cuneate-obovate to oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, cuneate or attenuate at base, entire, caudate-acuminate or apiculate at apex, 6 - 19 x 1.5 - 7 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4 - 7 pairs; petioles 1 - 4 cm long, glabrous; stipules 1 - 6 x 1 - 2 mm. Male inflorescences borne on current year’s shoots, 2.5 - 5 cm long; lateral branches minute, ca 3-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 1 – 2.5 mm long, free. Flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 2.5 mm long; sepals 3 or 4, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 1 - 1.5 x 0.6 - 1 mm; stamens 4 - 6, ca 1 mm long. Female inflorescences arising from the axils of the leaves of current year’s shoots, 2 - 5 cm long, erect. Flowers: pedicels 1 - 3 mm long, 2 – 5 mm in fruits, papillose; sepals 4, oblong to oblanceolate, 3 - 6 x 1 - 2 mm; ovary ovoid or obovoid, ca 1.5 x 1 mm, 2-locular, densely puberulous; style obsolete; stigmas 2, ca 0.3 mm broad. Fruits ellipsoid, ovoid or subglobose, 8 - 15 x 6 - 9 mm, bilocular, crustaceous, evanescently puberulous, dehiscent; style ca 0.5 mm long, persistent stigmas.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Inland forests or their edges, frequent along streams, at low altitudes, scattered. Nicobar Islands.

Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Celebes.