''Chionanthus palustris'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is light brown. The flowers are yellowish green. Fruit is cream coloured, round, up to in diameter. 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 ...

''palustris'' is from the Latin meaning "swampy", referring to the habitat.Archibald William Smith Habitat is lowland swamp and forests. ''C. palustris'' is endemic to Borneo. It was first described and published by

Ruth Kiew Ruth Kiew (born 1946) is a British botanist. Kiew was awarded the David Fairchild Medal of the National Tropical Botanical Garden The National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) is a Hawaii-based not-for-profit institution dedicated to tropical p ...

in Malaysian Forester Vol.43 on page 382 in 1980.

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palustris Endemic flora of Borneo Trees of Borneo Plants described in 1980 {{Tree-stub