Lithocarpus scortechinii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Lithocarpus scortechinii (King ex Hook.f.) A. Camus

Protologue: Riviera Scient. 18: 42 (1932).

Synonyms

Quercus scortechinii King ex Hook.f. (1888), Lithocarpus eriolepis A. Camus (1937), Lithocarpus smitinandiana A. Camus (1952).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: Scortechini's oak (En)
• Thailand: ko-khailaen, ko-fapun (peninsular).

Distribution

Vietnam, Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

The wood is reputed to be used as mempening.

Observations

A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 100 cm in diameter, barksurface dark grey; leaves narrowly elliptical or rarely narrowly elliptical-ovate, (10-)14-16(-20) cm × 3-6 cm, apex rounded to acute or rarely acuminate, the surfaces concolourous, glabrous on both sides, with 8-10 pairs of secondary veins prominent below, reticulation subscalariform to irregular, obscure, petiole 10-13 mm long; male flowers in clusters of 2-3, female flowers solitary or rarely in clusters of 2; cupule sessile, saucer-shaped, 2.5-3 cm across, covering the basal part of the nut, densely set with subulate scales, densely stellate hairy; nut subglobose to cylindrical, glabrous, for the greater part free from the cupule. L. scortechinii is found in evergreen forest at 700-1200 m altitude. The density of the wood is about 1010 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

83, 104, 140, 162, 574, 583, 705.