Hopea basilanica

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Hopea basilanica

Description

Tall, flaky-barked, hard-wooded tree. Young twig, petiole, midrib above, panicle, calyx and corolla outside and ovary greyish cinereous, persisting only on corolla outside. Leaves (7.5-)10-14 by (2.5-)3.5-5 cm, oblanceolate or elliptic, thickly coriaceous; Sepals ovate, the outer 2 subacute, the inner 3 shortly slender-acuminate. Stamens 15, in 3 unequal verticils; Panicles to 7 cm long, to 3 axillary or ramiflorous, slender, singly branched; Ovary and stylopodium equal in length, together broadly hour-glass shaped with a distinct median constriction;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Basilan present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Basilan, Mindanao).

Uses

Locally used for construction.

Citation

Foxw. 1918 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: 183
Gutierrez 1968: p. 53. – In: Act. Manil.: f. 10, pl. 6
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 93