''Glycosmis superba'' is a plant of Borneo in the family

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in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...

. 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 "splendid", referring to the leaves.

Description

''Glycosmis superba'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The large leaves measure up to long.

Distribution and habitat

''Glycosmis superba'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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 forests from sea-level to altitude.

References

superba Endemic flora of Borneo Plants described in 1978 {{Rutaceae-stub