Lithocarpus turbinatus
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Description
Tree 5-12 m, c. 30 cm ø, usually crooked;
Branchlets initially densely rufous-tomentose by stellate hairs, later subglab rous, sturdy with thick nodes, yellowish grey, smooth to finely fissured;
Leaves thick-coriaceous, rigid, (6-) 8-12(-15) by (2-)3-6(-8) cm (index 1.6-2.8), broadest below or at the middle;
Stipules linear-acute, 1½-2 by ½-⅔ mm, soon caducous.
Inflorescence male, female, androgynous or mixed, densely fulvous to rufous tomentose by stellate hairs;
Fruit ellipsoid-globose, 5-6 cm long, 4-5 cm ø;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present), Mt Kinabalu present, N. Sarawak present
Malesia: Borneo (N. Sarawak, and several localities in Sabah, especially on Mt Kinabalu).