Castanopsis microphylla (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Castanopsis microphylla Soepadmo

Protologue: Reinwardtia 7: 395 (1968).

Distribution

Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah and western Kalimantan).

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as berangan.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 60 cm in diameter; leaves 5-9 cm × 1.5-3 cm, with 8-10 pairs of secondary veins, densely to very sparsely set with stellate scales below and simple hairs on the veins; cupule enclosing the 3 fruits, glabrous, with 4 clusters of short spines alternating with the sutures. C. microphylla is still incompletely known and occurs in lowland dipterocarp forest to submontane forest, often on slopes, up to 1600 m altitude.

Selected sources

162, 582.