Lithocarpus megacarpus

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Lithocarpus megacarpus

Description

Tree 9-30 m, 10-50 cm ø. Branchlets glabrous, sturdy, dark greyish brown, with sparse or dense lenticels; Leaves thick-coriaceous, rigid, (9-)11-14(-16) by (3½-) 5-6(-8) cm (index (2-)2.2-2.6(-3.2)), broadest at or rarely below the middle; Stipules narrowly ovate, 1-1½ cm by ½-1 mm. Inflorescence male or androgynous, sparsely greyish brown stellate-tomentose;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea (rather rare in the western part, more common in the eastern part).