Shorea slootenii

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Shorea slootenii

Description

Twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule outside (pubescent within), petiole and leaf beneath densely persistently scabrid pale fulvous tufted tomentose, the tufts short, hard and knob-like; Leaves 11-22 by 4-7 cm, broadly oblong, coriaceous, deeply cupped; Stipule to 25 by 8 mm, oblong, obtuse. Petals pale yellow, lanceolate, subacute, densely shortly tawny pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, the 5 inner reaching the base of the style, about twice as long as the other 10, the latter of two different heights; Panicle to 18 cm long, terminal or axillary, stout, brittle, +- compressed; Ovary and stylopodium narrowly ovoid to lanceolate, sparsely setose in distal half, surmounted by a broadly filiform style almost as long as the ovary, glabrous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sarawak present), Lower Kapuas present, N.W. Borneo present, S.W. Sabah present
Malesia: N.W. Borneo (Lower Kapuas, Sarawak to S.W. Sabah).

Citation

Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec. p 147
Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 119
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 222. f. 16