Lithocarpus wallichianus

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Lithocarpus wallichianus

Description

Tree 10-30 m, 10-90 cm ø. Branchlets initially densely set with fulvous erect stellate hairs, angular, later subglabrous, terete, slender, dark greyish brown, sparsely to densely lenticellate; Leaves rigid, coriaceous, (10-)14-18(-7) cm (index (2½-)3-3½(-5)), broadest at or above the middle; Stipules lanceolate to linear, 2½-5 by 1-1½ mm. Inflorescence male, androgynous or mixed, densely yellowish brown to fulvous stellate hairy;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Penang present, Peninsular Siam present, Singapore Is present, Singkep I present, Tioman present
Peninsular Siam (at 6° 30' N: KERR 15875); in Malesia: Sumatra (scattered in the northern half, also Singkep I.), Malay Peninsula (common in all parts; also Penang, Tioman, and Singapore Is.).

Notes

The leaves are suggestive of L. cyclopho-rus, but the cupule and fruit are much smaller and of completely different shape.

Citation

Corner 1940: Ways. Trees: 305. f. 96
King 1889: p. 51. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. t. 46
SOEPADMO 1970 – In: Reinwardtia. p 287
Hook.f. 1888 – In: Fl. Br. Ind. p 610
A. CAMUS 1954: p. 1102. – In: Chênes. t. 503: 1-8