Hopea scabra

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Hopea scabra

Description

Medium-sized buttressed tree. Twigs, petioles, leaf buds and stipules +- persistently pale rufous scabrid pubescent, leaf nervation below and midrib above sparsely but distinctly so; Leaves 6.5-17 by 2.3-6.5 cm, oblong to lanceolate-falcate, coriaceous; Panicle to 4.5 cm long, short, slender, 1-axillary, singly branched, branchlets to 13 mm long, bearing to 4 flowers; Very young fruit with 2 narrowly deltoid-acuminate outer sepals, 3 suborbicular fimbriate obtuse inner sepals, and ovoid ovary surmounted by a slightly narrower, equally long, prominent stylopodium and short but distinct style.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Hollandia Div present, Madang present, W. New Guinea present
Malesia: W. New Guinea (Hollandia Div., Madang).