Shorea rubra

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Shorea rubra

Description

Medium-sized or large buttressed tree with dark bark. Twig, panicle, bud, stipule (both surfaces, shorter within), petiole, midrib above and leaf beneath densely persistently deep rufous-brown scabrid pubescent. Leaves 8-13 by 4-7.5 cm, broadly ovate, thinly coriaceous; Stipule to 16 by 5 mm, hastate, subacute. Petals pale yellow, narrowly oblong, subacute, shortly pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, of 3 lengths, the inner 5 being almost twice as long as the others; Panicle to 14 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete, rather straight and ridged; Ovary and stylopodium ovoid-conical, densely pubescent except at the base;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Rejang valley to West Sabah and Tawau present, West Borneo present, northern Borneo present
Malesia: Northern Borneo (West Borneo; Rejang valley to West Sabah and Tawau).

Citation

Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec. p 144
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 217. f. 16
Ashton 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun. p 118