''Aglaia sessilifolia'' is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greyish brown or dark brown. The flowers are yellow. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to long. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

' is from the

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meaning "stalkless leaf". Habitat is limestone hill forests from sea level to altitude. ''A. sessilifolia'' is

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Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

and confined to Malaysia's

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

state.

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sessilifolia Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Flora of Sabah Plants described in 2004 Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests {{rosid-tree-stub