Daphniphyllum dichotomum

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Daphniphyllum dichotomum

Description

Shrub or small tree, 7.5 m high, 60 cm in diam., bark smooth, grey, inner bark yellowish, sapwood white yellowish. Leaves narrowly elliptic, apex acuminate, base cuneate, 7-10 by 2.2-2.9 cm, coriaceous, green on both surfaces, veins delicately reticulate and prominent on both surfaces, with 4-or 5 pairs of obscure lateral veins; petioles 0.8-2 cm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present)
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah)..

Notes

This species differs from D. borneense mainly by its narrowly elliptic leaves and its occurrence at low elevation. It is closely allied to D. sumatraense.

Citation

Perumal 1996 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarwak: 158