Hopea pentanervia

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Hopea pentanervia

Description

Medium-sized, flaky-barked buttressed tree. Leaves 5-10 by 3.2-5 cm ovate, coriaceous; Stipule to 2 mm long, linear, fugaceous. Petals narrowly lanceolate, shortly pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, small, well spaced round the ovary; Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or to 2-axillary, terete, lax; Ovary and stylopodium cylindrical, truncate, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present), Sandakan present, W. Sabah present
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak to W. Sabah, Sandakan).

Citation

Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 106: f. 12, pl. 31
Meijer & Wood 1964: p. 219. – In: Sabah For. Rec.: f. 30
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei: 126
Wood 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun.: 55
Anderson 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 157