Shorea acuminata
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Description
Large buttressed tree, to 50 m.
Young parts densely buff pubescent, persistent on twig apices, midrib above, petioles, panicles, parts of perianth exposed in bud, ovary and calyx, caducous elsewhere;
Leaves 6-12 by 2.6-6 cm, ovate-fal- cate, coriaceous, lustrous beneath;
Panicles to 12 cm long, terminal or axillary, singly (if axillary) or doubly branched;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya present; Sumatera (Sumatera present), Langsa and P. Musala south to northern Palembang present, Lingga present, from Lower Perak and Trengganu R. southwards present
Malesia: Malaya (from Lower Perak and Trengganu R. southwards), Sumatra (Langsa and P. Musala south to northern Palembang), Lingga.
Notes
Two collections from S.E. Sumatra appear to represent hybrids between this species and S. parvifolia.
Citation
Dyer 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen. p 225
Edwards 1931 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 139
Dyer 1930 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 23
Ridl. 1901 – In: Agr. Bull. Str. & F.M.S. p 58
Heyne 1917 – In: Nutt. Pl., ed. 1. p 296
Burk. 1935: Dict. p 2006
Sym. 1943: p. 65. – In: Mal. For. Rec. f. 38, 39
King 1893 – In: J. R. As. Soc. Beng. Sc. p 113
Sloot. 1949: p. 251. – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg. f. 11
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 91
Dyer 1932 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 197
Dyer 1927: Nutt. Pl., ed. 2. p 1115
Foxw. 1927 – In: Mal. For. Rec. p 32