Lithocarpus lauterbachii Markgr.

Tree 12-36 m, 35-80 cm ø; bark grey-brown. Branchlets initially densely fulvous-tomentose by adpressed stellate hairs, later glabrous, dark greyish brown, smooth to sparsely lenticellate; terminal bud ovoid, 2-3 by 2 mm, scales ovate. Stipules not seen. Leaves thin-coriaceous, (8-) 10-13 (-16) by (4-)5-6(-8) cm (index 1.8-2.8), broadest at or below the middle; surfaces discolorous, above glabrous, pale to dark chocolate-brown, underneath densely glaucous to pale grey tomentose by adpressed stellate hairs; base acute, margin recurved, top bluntly and abruptly ½-1 cm acuminate; midrib and nerves thin, prominent beneath, flat above; nerves (7-)8-9(-10) pairs, subparallel, at an angle of 45-50°, arcuating but not anastomosing towards the margin; reticulation lax, fine, subscalariform, distinct beneath; petiole ½-1 cm, 1½-2 mm ø, glabrous, adaxially flat to furrowed. Inflorescence male or androgynous, densely fulvous stellate hairy; bracts and bracteoles ovate, 1-1½ by ⅔-1 mm. Male rachis 6-15 cm, 2 mm ø; ♂ flowers in clusters of 3, filaments 3-4 mm, anthers 0.35 mm long, pistillode subglobose, longitudinally compressed, c. 1 mm ø. Androgynous rachis 5-7 cm, 1½-2 mm ø; female flowers solitary, staminodes rudimentary, styles 3, conical, 1-1½ mm, connate at the base. Ripe cupule ½-1½ cm stalked, deeply and broadly cup-shaped, 1½-2½ cm long, 3-4 cm ø; rim thin, dentate, covering ⅓-½ part of the fruit; wall woody, inside densely silky tomentose, outside densely fulvous stellate hairy; scales thick, adpressed, imbricate but concentrically set. Ripe fruit depressed subglobose, 2½-2¾ cm long, 3-3½ cm ø, glabrous, chocolate-brown, top rounded and depressed-umbonate at the centre, base rounded, scar strongly convex, c. 2½ cm ø; wall woody, 5-7 mm thick, for the greater part free from the cupule.

A canopy tree in primary, occasionally also in secondary forests; at elevations from 300-2,400 metres.

Uses. Wood locally used for building construction and fencing.

Can be grown by seedlings.