Shorea dasyphylla Foxw.

Medium-sized or large buttressed tree. Twigs, buds, stipules, petioles, leaf beneath and midrib above densely persistently shortly scabrid golden-brown pubescent, leaf above puberulent. Twig c. 2 mm ø towards apices, terete; stipule scars short, obscure. Bud to 3 by 2 mm, ovoid, obtuse. Stipules to 6 by 4 mm, broadly ovate, obtuse, caducous. Leaves 7-14 by 3-6 cm, ovate to elliptic, coriaceous, margin somewhat revolute; base obtuse or broadly cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, slender; nerves 11-15 pairs, prominent beneath, at 50°-65°; tertiary nerves scalariform, elevated beneath; midrib ± depressed above, prominently terete, striated, beneath; petiole 12-15 mm long. Panicle to 8 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete or ribbed, densely persistently shortly golden-brown scabrid pubescent; singly branched, branchlets to 1 cm long, bearing to 4 flowers; bracteoles to 3 by 2 mm, elliptic, obtuse, pubescent, caducous. Flower bud to 4 by 3 mm, ovoid. Calyx densely pubescent outside, sparsely so within; 3 outer lobes deltoid-ovate, 2 inner lobes smaller, broadly ovate. Petals cream-yellow, oblong, obtuse, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, of 3 lengths, the inner 5 about twice the length of the others; filaments tapering gradually to the subglobose anthers; appendages to connective short, slender, becoming reflexed. Ovary and stylopodium ovoid to conical, densely pubescent; style shorter than ovary, glabrous. Fruit pedicel to 2 mm long. Calyx glabrescent; 3 longer lobes to 9 by 1.3 cm, narrowly spatulate, subacute, c. 4 mm broad above the to 8 by 6 mm ovate saccate thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 40 by 4 mm, linear, similar at base. Nut to 18 by 9 mm, ovoid, shortly evenly buff pubescent, shortly apiculate.

A canopy or emergent tree in mixed dipterocarp forest on well drained flat land and low hills and occasionally to elevations around 1,000 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.