Shorea beccariana
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Description
Medium-sized or large tree.
Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule (both surfaces), and petiole shortly evenly densely deep rufous-brown puberulent, becoming pale mauve-grey, sparsely so on nervation beneath and midrib above.
Leaves 11-20 by 5.5-7 cm, elliptic to ovate;
Stipule to 14 by 5 mm, small, oblong, obtuse, fugaceous.
Petals pink, paler along margins, lanceolate, obtuse, sparsely pubescent on parts exposed in bud.
Stamens 15, the inner 5 slightly longer;
Panicle to 20 cm long, terminal or axillary, lax, +- compressed;
Ovary ovoid, frequently sparsely pubescent apically;
Fruit base frequently impressed.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present, Sarawak present), Nunukan present, Ulu Kapuas present, northern Borneo present
Malesia: Northern Borneo (Ulu Kapuas, Sarawak to Sabah and Nunukan).
Citation
Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec. p 100
Burck 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 105
Heim 1893 – In: Mem. Ass. Frang. Besangon. p 459
Ashton 1963 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing. p 280
Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 404
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei. p 138
Burck 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 180. f. 18,20
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 87