Simaba borneensis
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| Simaba borneensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Simaroubaceae |
| Genus: | Simaba |
| Species: | S. borneensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Simaba borneensis | |
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Simaba borneensis is a plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to Borneo and Sumatra.[3]
Simaba borneensis grows as a tree up to 25 m (80 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 25 cm (10 in), with buttresses. The leaves are oblong or obovate to elliptic and measure up to 12 cm (5 in) long and up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) wide. The inflorescences are puberulous. The ellispoid fruits are purplish-red and measure up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter.[3]
Taxonomy
Simaba borneensis was first described as Quassia borneensis in 1963 by the Dutch botanist Hans Peter Nooteboom in Flora Malesiana. In 1983, the French botanist Christian Patrice Georges-André Feuillet transferred the species to the genus Simaba.[2] The type specimen was collected in Sabah in Borneo. The specific epithet borneensis refers to Borneo.[3]