Vatica sarawakensis

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Description

Twig, raceme, leaf bud, stipule and petiole densely pale brown to fulvous scabrid tomentose, sparsely so on leaf nervation beneath. Leaves 22-35 by 7-15 cm, thinly coriaceous, oblong to obovate; Stipule to 15 by 5 mm, narrowly hastate, acute. Panicle to 12 cm long, axillary to ramiflorous (rarely terminal), to 3-axillary, terete or angled; Fruit glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present), Balikpapan present, P. Laut present, S.E. Borneo present

Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak to Sabah; S.E. Borneo to P. Laut and Balikpapan).

Notes

The fruit sepals of E. Borneo specimens (V. ramiflora Sloot.) are foliose and rather broad, these on Sarawak specimens narrow and incrassate. Further collections may justify distinction of two subspecies in V. sarawakensis.

Citation

Sloot. 1942: p. 240. – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg: f. 30

Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 124

Sloot. 1929 – In: Merr., Pl. Elm. Born.: 205

Sloot. 1927: p. 106. – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: f. 7

Heim 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun.: 36

cf. Ashton 1967 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 262

Heim 1967 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 262

Heim 1892: Rech. Dipt.: 109

Meijer & Wood 1964: p. 319. – In: Sabah For. Rec.: f. 57

Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei: 101

Ashton 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 252

Sloot. 1961 – In: Reinwardtia: 479

Heim 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 77: f. 10