Terrestrial (Primary Rainforest, Secondary Rainforest, Freshwater Swamp Forest). Occurs on a wide variety of soils and is common in secondary forests and mixed dipterocarp forest on low hills and undulating land, and in freshwater swamp forest, up to 800 m altitude.It becomes abundant in secondary forest and is apparently a fast-growing light demander.
Distribution in Singapore
Western Catchment, Nee Soon, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah, Upper Pierce Reservoir, Tampines, Pulau Ubin, Mount Faber, and Lazarus Island.
Distribution worldwide
Thailand, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.
Flowering and fruiting
Dispersal
Biotic (Fauna)
Wildlife interactions
Caterpillar Moth Food Plant. It is the preferred local food plant for caterpillars of the moths, Daphnis hypothous, and Parotis marginata. Its flowers are also insect-pollinated.
