Shorea mecistopteryx

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Shorea mecistopteryx

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Description

Large tree. Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule outside, petiole and leaf beneath shortly evenly +- persistently gold-tomentose. Leaves 13-20(-30) by 6-10(-12) cm, oblong, chartaceous; Stipule to 25 by 7 mm, hastate, acute. Stamens 15, the 5 inner somewhat longer than the others; Panicle to 12 cm long, terete or compressed, terminal or axillary, singly branched; Ovary narrowly ovoid-conical, glabrous;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present
Malesia: Borneo.

Notes

The most uniform and distinct species in the section.

Citation

Sloot. 1929 – In: Merr., Pl. Elm. Born. p 202
Sym. 1938 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S. p 348
Meijer & Wood 1964: p. 119. – In: Sabah For. Rec. f. 2a, pl. 7 (habit).
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 198. f. 18, pl. 52 (bark)
Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 111
Sloot. 1929 – In: Merr., Pl. Elm. Born. p 203