Castanopsis argentea
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Description
Tree, 15-30 m by ½-1 m ø;
Branchlets initially densely to sparsely fulvous stellate hairy, later dark-coloured, glabrescent, densely lenticellate;
Leaves thin-coriaceous, (9-)13-16(-20) by (3-)5-7(-12) cm (index 2-3.5), widest at the middle, seldom above or below;
Stipules linear, acute, 10-15 by 2-3 mm, subglabrous.
Fruits 3 in a cupule, ovoid-conical with acute top, 2-2½ by 1-1½ cm, scar comparatively small, wall 1 mm thick, the free part densely reddish-brown tomentose;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Mt Wilis at Ngebel present, eastwards to Mt Ungaran, 110° 20' E present
Malesia: Sumatra (scattered), Java (common, eastwards to Mt Ungaran, 110° 20' E, and on Mt Wilis at Ngebel).