Hopea gregaria

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Hopea gregaria

Description

Medium-sized or large flaky-barked tree with hard wood. Young parts buff puberulent, becoming sparse but +- persistent on calyx, persistent on panicle and parts of petals exposed in bud. Leaf 6-13 by 2.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate-falcate to ovate, thinly coriaceous, with dull minutely stellate undersurface; Sepals subequal, ovate, acute. Stamens 15, shorter than style, in 3 subequal verticils; Panicle to 6 mm long, slender, terminal or 1-axillary, singly branched, branchlets to 12 mm long, bearing to 4 flowers. Ovary and stylopodium broadly pyriform, punctate distally, somewhat abruptly tapering to the short columnar style.

Distribution

Aru Is present, Asia-Tropical, Japen I present, Kendari present, S.E. Celebes present, S.E. Moluccas present
Malesia: S.E. Celebes (Kendari), S.E. Moluccas (Aru Is. ?) and Japen I. (sterile collections)?

Citation

Ashton 1978 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 32