[2] Dalrympelea borneensis grows as a tree up to 20 m (70 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 20 cm (8 in).

The inflorescences, in panicles, feature yellow or cream flowers.

borneensis in 1941 by Elmer Drew Merrill and Lily May Perry in the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.

[3] In 1960, B. L. van der Linden named it Turpinia borneensis.

Its habitat is primary and secondary dipterocarp forests, to elevations of about 1,800 m (6,000 ft).