Dryobalanops rappa
Content
Description
Young twig, raceme, stipule and bud, petiole, midrib and leaf beneath densely powdery caducous or persistent rufous tomentose.
Leaves 6-11 by 2.5-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, base obtuse;
Stipule 5-8 mm long, linear.
Sepals equal, narrowly deltoid, obtuse, glabrous.
Petals cream, lanceolate, glabrous.
Stamens c. 30, subequal, reaching to below style apex;
Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, ribbed apically on drying, otherwise terete;
Ovary ovoid, glabrous;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sarawak present), Lower Kapuas present, W. Sabah present
Malesia: Borneo (Lower Kapuas, Sarawak, Brunei, W. Sabah).
Uses
Considered of inferior quality, darker, harder and more liable to splitting than other species.
Notes
SFN 32194, a flowering collection from swamps in S.E. Johore, differs from D. oblongifolia Dyer in possessing more coriaceous leaf and rufous flocculent pubescent innovations and inflorescence, in this resembling this species which is otherwise unknown outside Borneo. Fruit are required to confirm this record.
Citation
Becc. 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun.: 23
Wyatt-Smith 1955 – In: Mal. For.: 155
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei: 116
Becc. 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 53: f. 8, pl. 19 (stem)
Anderson 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 157
Ashton 1978 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 25
Merr. 1912: En. Born.: 401
Sloot. 1932 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 41
Meijer & Wood 1964: p. 289. – In: Sabah For. Rec.: f. 48
Ashton 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 242