Shorea macrophylla
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Description
Medium-sized to large tree.
Young twig, leaf bud, stipules, petiole, leaf beneath and midrib above persistently densely evenly caducous pale brown pubescent.
Leaves 17-35 by 10-14 cm, elliptic-oblong, +- coriaceous;
Stipule to 5 by 1.3 cm, broadly hastate, obtuse, constricted at base.
Petals pale pink, broadly ovate, obtuse, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud.
Stamens 15, of 2 lengths, the inner 5 an anther's length longer than the outer 10;
Panicle to 17 cm long, terminal or axillary, ribbed and compressed when dry, shortly evenly persistently buff pubescent, singly branched;
Ovary ovoid, densely pubescent in the distal half;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present, Berau present, Kapuas valley present, Tidung present, W. and Central Sarawak present
Malesia: Borneo (widespread, but especially W. and Central Sarawak, Kapuas valley, Tidung and Berau).
Notes
The form occurring in E. Sabah shares certain characters (stipule scars, length of petiole, smaller nut) of S. pinanga and suggests hybridisation.
Citation
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 93
Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec. p 156
Meijer & Wood 1964: 45, 108, 156. – In: Sabah For. Rec. f. Id.
Heyne 1917 – In: Nutt. Pl., ed. 1. p 301
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 196. f. 18, 20
Fischer 1932: Kew Bull. p 177
Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun: 110. pl. 22
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 96
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei. p 139
Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl., ed. 2. 1113, 1114, 1119
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 404
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 405
Burck 1887: p. 211. – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg. t. 23, 30, f. 2-3