Shorea quadrinervis

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Shorea quadrinervis

Description

Medium-sized, occasionally large, tree. Young parts shortly densely tawny pubescent, largely caducous on stipule, leaf bud and leaf beneath; Leaves 10-18 by 5-8 cm, broadly ovate to elliptic, strongly cupped; Stipule to 2.5 by 1.3 cm, ovate to subcordate, subpersistent, glabrescent, persistently ridged along the 5 nerves; Petals pink, paler at margins, elliptic, obtuse, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, the inner 5 longest, the outer 10 sometimes vestigial; Panicle to 28 cm long, terminal or axillary, large, spreading, lax, terete or angular, densely persistently pale rust pubescent; Ovary and stylopodium conical, densely pubescent;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sarawak present), N.W. Borneo present, Ulu Kapuas present, W. Sabah present
Malesia: N.W. Borneo (Ulu Kapuas, Sarawak to W. Sabah).

Citation

Sloot. 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 116
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 213. f. 16, pl. 56
Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec. p 140
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei. p 142