Dipterocarpus lowii
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Description
Twig, midrib and nerves below +- densely +- caducously shortly pale golden-yellow pubescent.
Leaves 15-20 by 6-10 cm, ovate-lanceolate, thickly coriaceous, strongly folded between the 15-20 pairs of prominent nerves;
Stipule to 4 by 3 cm, broadly deltoid, acute.
Stamens c. 30, shorter than the style;
Ovary ovoid-conical, tapering, densely pubescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya present, Batu Is present, Kapuas valley present, Kuantan Distr present, Langkat present, Langsa present, P. Singkep present, Perak present, Tidung present, eastern Sumatra present
Malesia: Malaya (Perak, E. coast), P. Singkep, eastern Sumatra (Kuantan Distr., Langsa, Langkat, Batu Is.), Borneo (Kapuas valley, Sarawak to Sabah; Tidung).
Notes
Specimens from Malaya north of Johore and from Sumatra and Singkep bear smaller leaves and more slender twigs and petioles.
Citation
Foxw. 1927 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 43
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 40
Dyer 1874 – In: J. Bot. p 153
DC. 1868 – In: Prod. p 613
Hook.f. 1929 – In: Merr., Pl. Elm. Born. p 201
Vesque 1874 – In: J. Bot. p 151
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 399
Dyer 1874: p. 107. – In: J. Bot. t. 145, f. 23
Hook.f. 1932 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 91
Meijer & Wood 1964: p. 261. – In: Sabah For. Rec. f. 3b.
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 37. f. 6, pl. 14
Ridl. 1925: Fl. Mal. Pen. p 291
Sym. 1943: p. 183. – In: Mal. For. Rec. f. 85
Burck 1887 – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg. p 202
Walp. 1869 – In: Ann. p 377
Hook.f. 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 15
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei. p 110
Sloot. 1927: p. 344. – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg. f. 14-15
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3. p 58