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Dipterocarpus borneensis (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Dipterocarpus borneensis]]'' v. Slooten</big>
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:Protologue: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 16: 445, f. 6 (1940).
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized tree of up to 30 m tall, bole often of poor shape, up to 64 cm in diameter and with low, rounded buttresses, bark surface with corky pustules, pale orange-brown, tending to turn pale greyish-white; buds ovoid, densely pinkish buff pubescent; leaves .*Leaves broadly ovate to elliptical, 7-12 cm × 3-7 cm, base obtuse or broadly cuneate, acumen to 8 mm long, secondary veins 9-12 pairs, lower surface sparsely shortly caducous pubescent on the veins, petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, sparsely pubescent, stipules linear, acute; stamens about 25; fruit .*Fruit calyx tube narrowly ovoid to ellipsoid, with 5 narrow wings, glabrous, 2 larger fruit calyx lobes up to 7.5 cm × 1.8 cm, 3 shorter ones about 5 mm × 4 mm.  ''D. borneensis'' is widespread but owing to its edaphic preferences mainly subcoastal. It occurs in heath forest on podzols or giant podzols below 350 m altitude. The density of the wood is 690-900 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
30, 31, 258, 748.
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Dipterocarpus (PROSEA Timbers)|''Dipterocarpus'' (Timbers)]]
 
== Authors ==
 
*T. Smitinand (selection of species),
*C. Phengklai (selection of species),
*L.E. Groen (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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