Shorea acuta

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Shorea acuta

Description

Large tree. Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule (both surfaces), petiole, nervation beneath and midrib above evenly persistently shortly pale brown puberulent, glabrescent on nervation and midrib. Leaves 14-26 by 6.5-12 cm, elliptic, thickly coriaceous; Stipule to 12 by 5 mm, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 15, of 3 lengths, the longest reaching just above the ovary, filaments tapering gradually; Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, compressed; Ovary and stylopodium narrowly conical to ovoid, long tomentose towards the apex, shortly so at base;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present), N.E. Sarawak present
Malesia: Borneo (N.E. Sarawak, Brunei).

Citation

Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 104
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 174. f. 16