Shorea dispar

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Shorea dispar

Description

Large buttressed tree. Twigs, petioles, bud, panicles, perianth outside and ovary densely ± persistently pale tawny pubescent, leaf nervation beneath sparsely so. Leaves 4-7 by 2-3.5 cm, elliptic, coriaceous, ± distinctly but sparsely cream lepidote beneath; Stipules unknown. Sepals broadly ovate, subequal, shortly subacuminate. Stamens c. 25; Panicles to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, rigid, ascending; Fruit unknown.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present, Central Sarawak present
Malesia: Borneo (Central Sarawak; once collected).

Notes

Superficially resembling S. parvifolia Dyer subsp. velutinata Ashton; the flowers betray the close relationship of this rare tree with red lauan, S. negrosensis Foxw., the celebrated timber tree of the Philippines, and assign both to sect. Rubella Ashton.