Shorea carapae

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Shorea carapae

Description

Medium-sized tree with pale flaky bark. Twig, leaf bud, stipule and petiole persistently densely evenly buff sericeous, nervation and midrib above sparsely so. Leaves 14-18 by 7-10 cm, broadly ovate, elliptic, coriaceous; Stipule to 25 by 20 mm, oblong-lan- ceolate, subacute, caducous. Flowers unknown. Panicle to 15 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete, smooth or rugulose, densely shortly evenly pale buff pubescent, singly branched;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present, Central Sarawak present, W. Kutei present
Malesia: Borneo (Central Sarawak, W. Kutei).

Notes

Bark and wood characters suggest that this species belongs to sect. Brachypterae.

Citation

Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun: 105. f. 13