Castanopsis buruana
Content
Description
Tree, up to 20 m by 10-30 cm ø;
Branchlets initially densely set with brownish erect stellate hairs, later subglabrous, greyish black, terete, densely minute-lenticellate;
Leaves thin-coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, rarely ovate-elliptic, (7-) 10-15(-24) by (2½-)4-5(-8) cm, discolorous, above glabrous, glossy, underneath with a dense cover of chocolate-brown fimbriate scales and erect stellate hairs;
Fruit ovoid-conical, more or less rounded-triangular in cross-section, 1-1½ cm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present); Maluku (Maluku present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Batjan present, Bum present, Ceram present, Morotai present, Obi present, Sula present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah, once), Celebes (fairly common), Moluccas (Sula, Bum, Batjan, Morotai, Obi, Ceram).