Brownlowia emarginata is a slightly climbing tree, a member of the family Malvaceae.

[2] In southern Vietnam and Cambodia, B. emarginata, usually a "slightly climbing" tree, sometimes a long liana, occurs in deciduous dense forests.

[3] This treelet is found frequently as an understorey species in the Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest (canopy dominated by 5 Dipterocarpaceae species) occurring in small areas in the Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.

[6] One of the vernacular names by which the plant is known is ach' sat' (Khmer, ="bird droppings", alluding to shape of the fruit),[3] or archsatt.

[4] The wood, reddish in colour, is valued highly for rafters, pillars, tool handles and other building uses in Cambodia.