Shorea dealbata Foxw.

Medium-sized, hardly buttressed tree. Young twigs, buds, stipules outside and petiole densely shortly evenly dark fulvous pubescent, nervation beneath fugaceously so; leaf beneath pale pink-brown lepidote. Twig. c. 4 by 2 mm ø towards apex, compressed, smooth to finely rugulose; stipule scars c. 2 mm long on young twigs, subhorizontal, prominent with a prominent rib descending the twig from their ends. Bud to 6 by 4 mm, ovoid, conical, subacute. Stipule to 20 by 5 mm, elliptic-oblong, subacute. Leaves alternate, 8-16 by 4-7.5 cm, ovate to elliptic, coriaceous; base obtuse, rarely cuneate; acumen to 1 cm long, narrow; nerves (11-)20-24 pairs, obscure and slightly depressed above, slender and hardly elevated beneath, at up to 75° towards the base, 40°-60° towards the apex; tertiary nerves dense, parallel, slender, obscure; midrib obscure, depressed above, prominent, subacute beneath; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long, stout, rugose especially distally when dry. Panicle to 8 cm long, terete or angular, densely pale fulvous hirsute, axillary or terminal; unbranched or singly branched, branchlets to 1.5 cm long; bracteoles fugaceous, unknown. Flowers distichous; bud to 12 by 5 mm, lanceolate. Calyx densely pale fulvous hirsute outside, glabrous within; 3 outer lobes narrowly deltoid, subacute, 2 inner lobes shorter, ovate, cuspidate. Petals oblong-lanceolate, white tinged with pink at base, densely pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 17, unequal; filaments lorate, somewhat tapering, +-as long as anthers; anthers narrowly oblong; appendage to connective filiform, stout at base, rapidly tapering to a very slender apex, 3 times length of anther, the inner 5 reaching the style apex, sericeous in the distal 1/2. Ovary ovoid, sparsely sericeous; style filiform, trifurcate apically, sericeous in the basal 1/2. Fruit pedicel to 5 mm long, slender. 3 longer calyx lobes to 9 by 1.3 cm, narrowly spatulate, subacute, 3.7 mm broad above the c. 8 by 8 mm subauriculate thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 6.5 by 0.4 cm, lorate, acute, similar but narrower at base. Nut to 18 by 8 mm, narrowly ovoid, densely pale fulvous pubescent; style remnant to 3 mm long.

A canopy tree that can be very locally frequent in kerangas forests on yellow sandy soils on coastal hills and flat, sometimes swampy land; at elevations up to 600 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.