Prunus Beccarii
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''Prunus beccarii'' is a species of ''
Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...
'' native to
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with a few sterile specimens discovered on Sumatra. It is a tree reaching 27m and can be distinguished from similar species by the absence of any basal leaf glands but the presence of a large hollow gland in its stipules. Among the
Penan people The Penan are a nomadic Indigenous peoples, indigenous people living in Sarawak and Brunei, although there is only one small community in Brunei; among those in Brunei half have been converted to Islam, even if only superficially. Penan are one ...
it is called betolei, a name they also give to the much more common '' Prunus arborea''.


References

beccarii Flora of Borneo Flora of Sumatra Plants described in 1965 {{prunus-stub