Castanopsis lucida

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Castanopsis lucida

Description

Tree, 12-20 m by 40-60 cm ø; Branchlets sturdy, initially dull dark-coloured, later greyish, with many lenticels; Leaves thick-coriaceous, (10-)16-20 by (3½-) 8-10 cm (index 1.7-3), widest about the middle, on sterile basal shoots to 38 by 18 cm; Stipules deltoid, minute. Fruits 2-4 in each cupule, complanate-subglobose, 1½-2 cm through, shining, smooth, with sparse, adpressed, stellate tomentum;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present), Malacca present, Negri Sembilan present, Penang present, Perak present, SW. and NE. Kalimantan present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Penang, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Malacca), also Singapore; Borneo (SW. and NE. Kalimantan).

Notes

KING'S record for Riouw and Billiton is not confirmed; he may have had C. inermis.

Citation

King 1889: p. 104. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: t. 98
GAMBLE 1915 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 459
A. CAMUS 1930: Chât.: 453