Lithocarpus luteus

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Lithocarpus luteus

Description

Tree 18-36 m, 30-100 cm ø; Branchlets initially densely yellowish brown to fulvous tomentose by adpressed stellate hairs, later glabrous, dark greyish brown, densely warty lenticellate; Leaves thick-coriaceous, (7-)9-12(-15) by (2½-)3½-5(-6) cm (index 2½-3), broadest at or slightly below the middle; Stipules linear-acute, 4-6 by 1 mm. Inflorescence male or androgynous, densely yellowish brown stellate hairy; Fruit ovoid to subhemispherical, 1-1½ cm long, 2-2½ cm ø, densely fulvous to greyish tomentose, top acute to rounded-umbonate, base truncate, scar flat, c. 2 cm ø;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sabah present, Sarawak present), Kapit present, Mt Kemul present, Mt Kinabalu present, Mt Mulu present, Mt Murut present
Malesia: Borneo (Mt Mulu, Mt Murut, Kapit, Sarawak; Mt Kemul, Kalimantan; Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, very common).