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Ardisia elliptica (Mata pelandok): Tg Aru beach

Mata Pelandok (Mousedeer eye) Ardisia elliptica  is a common small understorey tree or shrub of beach forest in Borneo. The small berries with multiple seeds  ripen pink to crimson to black and are dispersed by Yellow-vented Bulbuls and Glossy Starlings.  A. elliptica is locally common at Tg Aru beach near Kota Kinabalu.

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