Lithocarpus coopertus
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Description
Tree 10-45 m, 15-70 cm ø;
Branchlets initially densely yellowish brown to fulvous tomentose by stellate hairs, later subglabrescent, terete, greyish brown, sparsely lenticellate;
Leaves thin-coriaceous,(5-)10-14(-l7) by (2-)4-6(-7) cm (index 2-4), broadest about the middle;
Stipules deltoid, 4-8 by 1-3 mm, soon caducous.
Inflorescence male, androgynous or mixed, densely yellowish brown stellate-hairy;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present), Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Samar present, Surigao present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (rare), Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, fairly common), Philippines (common in Mindanao, rare and scattered in Luzon, Leyte, Samar, and Surigao).
Uses
In Borneo the wood is used by the local people for housing construction, but serves mainly for fire-wood.
Notes
The Bornean specimens usually have smaller leaves than those from the Philippines, but the fruit and cupule are similar.
ELMER 14012 from the Philippines is chosen as the neotype of BLANCO’S species.
ELMER 14012 from the Philippines is chosen as the neotype of BLANCO’S species.
Citation
King 1913 – In: Leafl. Philip. Bot. p 1981
A. CAMUS 1954: p. 867. – In: Chênes. t.
BLANCO 1918: Sp. Blanc. p 121
A. CAMUS 1954: p. 890. – In: Chênes. t.
A.DC. 1864 – In: Prod. p 105
BLANCO 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 27
Elmer 1910 – In: Leafl. Philip. Bot. p 940
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 30
Merr. 1908 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 329
Merr. 1908 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 329
A. CAMUS 1954: p. 905. – In: Chênes. t.
SOEPADMO 1970 – In: Reinwardtia. p 231