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Botanical Name
| Pometia pinnata J.R. Forst & G. Forst |
| Genus | Pometia |
| Family | Sapindaceae |
| Distribution | Known as Kasai in Malay, Pometia pinnata from the family Sapindaceae, is a large, fast-growing tree found commonly growing along riverbanks, in primary and secondary forest, up to an altitude of 1700 m above sea level. Pometia was named after P. Pomet, a French writer, while pinnata is the Latin word meaning 'feather-like', referring to the pinnate leaves of this species. This species is widespread, from South China and Sri Lanka, through Southeast Asia to the Pacific islands (Ng, 1989).
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| Bole Characteristics | Medium-sized to tall trees with large buttresses. Bole dippled, grey-brown. Inner bark red to orange-brown, soft, sometimes with colorless or reddish-brown gummy exudate. |
| Herbarium Characteristics | Leaves compound can be up to 1 m long, alternate with 4 - 3 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are leathery, ovate to obovate, 6-32 x 2-13 cm with toothed margin. |
