Dipterocarpus concavus

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Dipterocarpus concavus

Description

Large buttressed tree. Twig, leaf bud, stipule outside, petiole, midrib above and inflorescence densely shortly yellow-brown tufted tomentose, leaf undersurface and nervation above more sparsely so, flower calyx and ovary densely yellow-brown puberulent, fruit calyx glabrescent. Leaves 10-23 by 6-17 cm, broadly elliptic, ± chartaceous, ± prominently concave beneath; Inflorescence to 6 cm long, axillary, unbranched, bearing to 3 flowers. Stamens 25; Fruit subsessile;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya present; Sumatera (Sumatera present), P. Singkep present, Pahang present, Perak present
Malesia: Malaya (Pahang and Perak northwards), Sumatra (P. Singkep).

Notes

The Singkep specimens are sterile and might be D. confertus.

Citation

Sloot. 1941: p. 101. – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg: f. 12
Sym. 1943: p. 171. – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 85