{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |year=2018 |title=''Mallotus cumingii'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T135805234A135805236 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135805234A135805236.en |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> | genus = Mallotus (plant) | species = cumingii | authority = Müll.Arg. | synonyms = *''Neotrewia cumingii'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.</small> *''Trevia ambigua'' <small>Merr.</small> | synonyms_ref =<ref name=Kulju2007>{{cite journal |last1=Kulju |first1=K.K.M. |last2=Sierra |first2=S.E.C. |last3=van Welzen |first3=P.C. |year=2007 |title=Re-shaping ''Mallotus'' [Part 2]: inclusion of ''Neotrewia'', ''Octospermum'' and ''Trewia'' in ''Mallotus'' s.s. (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) |access-date=11 February 2024 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211153038/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8820/cb979582b468bc40cf17285d84ef11e3b164.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Blumea |publisher=Naturalis Biodiversity Center |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=121–124 |doi=10.3767/000651907x612364 |doi-access=free|url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8820/cb979582b468bc40cf17285d84ef11e3b164.pdf }}</ref> }}
'''''Mallotus cumingii''''' is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, occurring in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It is a shrub or small tree growing to {{cvt|25|m}} tall.
==Distribution and habitat== The native range of ''Mallotus cumingii'' includes the Philippines, Sulawesi, and the Indonesian and Malaysian territories of the island of Borneo. It inhabits primary and secondary forests at altitudes of up to {{cvt|1660|m}}. It frequently occurs in damp places alongside rivers and streams.<ref name=Kulju2007/>
==Description== ''Mallotus cumingii'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing up to {{cvt|25|m}} tall, with a trunk diameter of up to {{cvt|45|cm}}. The outer bark is grey to brown in colour and may be smooth or wrinkled, sometimes peeling away in patches. The leaves are oval in shape, measuring {{cvt|4.8–35.5|cm}} by {{cvt|1.5–19.5|cm}}, and may be hairy or glabrous. The upper surface of the leaf is dark green and somewhat shiny with a paler underside. ''M. cumingii'' is dioecious and the inflorescences are racemes, produced singly or less commonly in a pair. Male plants produce inflorescences up to {{cvt|21|cm}} long, with sweet-scented white, cream, or yellowish flowers measuring up to {{cvt|3.2–6.9|mm}} in diameter and composed of 2–4 ovate sepals surrounding a cluster of 30–60 stamens. Female plants produce inflorescences up to {{cvt|19|cm}} long, with faintly sweet-scented greenish flowers with a plumose stigma measuring {{cvt|4.4–8.4|mm}} long. The fruits are rounded indehiscent drupes measuring {{cvt|9–15|mm}} by {{cvt|9–15|mm}}. The exterior of the fruit is smooth to slightly wrinkled, hairy, and speckled yellowish green to reddish brown when fresh, turning brown or dark grey when dry.<ref name=Kulju2007/>
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cumingii Category:Flora of Borneo Category:Flora of the Philippines Category:Flora of Sulawesi Category:Least concern plants Category:Plants described in 1865 Category:Taxa named by Johannes Müller Argoviensis