''Dacryodes nervosa'' is a tree in the family

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. The

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' is from the

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meaning "with nerves", referring to the leaves.

Description

''Dacryodes nervosa'' grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The dark brown bark is smooth to scaly. The ellipsoid fruits are pink when fresh and measure up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Dacryodes nervosa'' grows naturally in

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

and

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 ...

. Its habitat is lowland forest from sea-level to altitude.

References

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