Parashorea globosa Symington

Large tree. Twig apices, leaf buds, stipules, petioles and leaf nervation beneath +-densely ocherous to rufous scabrid puberulent. Twig c. 3 mm ø, stout, becoming rugulose; stipule scars short, somewhat ascending, falcate. Bud c. 4 by 3 mm, ellipsoid, obtuse; stipule to 23 by 6 mm, lanceolate. Leaf 12.5-18 by 6.5-9 cm, ovate-oblong, thickly coriaceous, rufous beneath (mature trees); base subcordate; apex acute to subacuminate; nerves c. 18 pairs, prominent beneath, evident above, spreading at leaf base, ascending towards apex; tertiary nerves slender but sharply prominent beneath, evident above; petiole 14-18 mm long, stout. Panicles and flowers unknown. Fruit sepals to 6 by 3 mm, lorate, obtuse; nut to 4 cm ø, subglobose.

Rare, lowland dipterocarp forest on low-lying land and up valleys at the margin of the plains.