Maclurodendron porteri grows up to 25 metres (80 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 40 centimetres (16 in).

The fruits are roundish to ovoid and measure up to 1.1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter.

[3] Maclurodendron porteri grows naturally in Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines.

Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) elevation.

[3] It was first described in 1875 as Acronychia porteri by Joseph Dalton Hooker,[4][5] but in 1982 was assigned to the genus, Maclurodendron by Thomas Gordon Hartley.