Shorea isoptera
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Description
Tall, stoutly buttressed tree.
Leaves 9-16 by 5.8-8 cm, ovate;
Stipule caducous, unknown.
Petals densely pubescent outside, shortly sparsely pubescent within, oblong, obtuse, strongly contorted.
Stamens 15, in 3 verticils, double alternating with single stamens;
Panicle to 11 cm long, terminal or to 3-axillary, terete or somewhat compressed, lax, shortly persistently greyish puberulent;
Ovary and stylopodium ovoid-conical, glabrous at base, puberulent near apex, crowned abruptly by a short glabrous style;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sarawak present), S.W. Sabah present, Sandakan Distr present, northern Borneo present
Malesia: Northern Borneo (Sarawak, S.W. Sabah and Sandakan Distr.).