Shorea javanica
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Description
Large tree.
Twig, leaf buds, stipule outside, panicles, calyx, parts of petals exposed in bud, ovary and nut persistently evenly tawny brown pubescent;
Leaves (6.5-)10-15 by (3.5-)4-8 cm, elliptic-oblong to ovate, occasionally obovate, +- thinly coriaceous;
Panicle to 14 cm long, slender, terminal or axillary, lax;
Ovary small, ovoid, puberulent, tapering imperceptibly into a tapering puberulent stylopodium twice its length and long filiform glabrous style thrice its length.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present), Central Java present, Subah in Pekalongan Res present, W. coast from southern Atjeh southwards present, east from Palembang southwards present
Malesia: Sumatra (W. coast from southern Atjeh southwards; east from Palembang southwards), Central Java (Subah in Pekalongan Res.; rare).
Uses
A once valuable producer of clear crystalline resin as well as timber; grown in plantations in S. Sumatra.
Citation
Endert 1935 – In: Tectona. 288, 488
Sloot. 1949: p. 230. – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Btzg. f. 1
Backer & Bakh.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java. p 331
Koord.-Schum. 1913 – In: Syst. Verz. Dipt. 4
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. p 110
K. & V. 1900: Bijdr. p 121
Moll & Janssonius 1906: Mikrogr. Holz. p 361
Parijs 1933: Bijdr. Kennis Oost-Ind. Damarhars. p 112
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java. p 622