Vatica perakensis

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Vatica perakensis

Description

Small to medium-sized tree. Twig endings, petiole, panicles, and parts of perianth exposed in bud persistently greyish pink or yellow-brown cinereous, leaf nervation beneath and nut glabrescent. Leaf 6-14 by 1.8-3.8 cm, lanceolate to oblanceolate; Panicle to 5 cm long, singly ± irregularly branched;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya present, Central Sumatra present, Indragiri present, P. Musala present, Perak present, Pulau Kelambu near the N.E. Borneo coast at Tawau present, S. Kedah present, Tapanuli present
Malesia: Malaya (S. Kedah, Perak), Central Sumatra (P. Musala, Tapanuli, Indragiri); one doubtful collection (SAN 41580) from Pulau Kelambu near the N.E. Borneo coast at Tawau.

Citation

Sloot. 1927 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 86
Ashton 1978 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 24
King 1943 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 226
Burk. 1935: Dict.: 2224
Foxw. 1932 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 262
emend. Sym. 1941 – In: J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc.: 152
Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl., ed. 2: 1131
Brandis 1895: p. 132. – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: t. 3, f. 18-19
Bruhl & King 1896: p. 149. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: t. 181