Shorea kunstleri
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Description
Large buttressed tree.
Leaves 8-12 by 4.5-7 cm, broadly ovate, coriaceous, frequently twisted to one side, normally glabrous (rarely pubescent);
Stipule to 1.2 by 0.4 cm, narrowly lanceolate, acute, fugaceous.
Stamens 15, the inner 5 only slightly longest;
Panicle to 15 cm long, terminal (rarely axillary), slender, slightly compressed on drying;
Ovary and stylopodium pyriform, shortly pubescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present); Malaya present, Atjeh present, E. Sabah present, Lower Kapuas present, N. Sumatra present, Perak present, S.E. Borneo to Sampit present, West Borneo present
Malesia: Malaya (Perak and E. coast), N. Sumatra (Langsa, Atjeh), Borneo (Lower Kapuas, West Borneo; Sarawak; E. Sabah and S.E. Borneo to Sampit).
Ecology
Damar laut merah, meranti pahang, selimbar, tengkawang bukit, t. batu, terbak, seraya, s. kitan, balau merah (Malaya).
Notes
Collections from the Kapuas valley differ in having the lamina somewhat bullate between the nerves, which are slightly more numerous and more ascending than in the type.
Citation
Foxw. 1927 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 51
Browne 1955: For. Trees Sarawak & Brunei: 154
King 1932 – In: Mal. For. Rec.: 204
Sym. 1943: p. 72. – In: Mal. For. Rec.: f. 38, 44
Brandis 1895 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 93
Ashton 1964: Man. Dipt. Brun: 192: f. 17, pl. 50 (habit, bark)
Burk. 1935: Dict.: 2012
Meijer & Wood 1964 – In: Sabah For. Rec.: 109
King 1968: Man. Dipt. Brun.: 109
Bruhl & King 1896: p. 154. – In: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc.: t. 186
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 228