Shorea gratissima Dyer

Large tree. Young parts entirely shortly evenly densely pale fulvous pubescent, glabrescent except on stipules Twig c. 1.5 by 1 mm ø apically, at first somewhat compressed, becoming terete, smooth, dark brown; stipule scars short, horizontal, obscure. Buds to 2 by 1 mm, ovoid, subacute. Stipules to 10 by 3 mm, lanceolate, acute, caducous. Leaves 4-10 by 1.5-4.5 cm, ovate to elliptic, coriaceous, with undulate margin; base cuneate; apex acute or with to 1 cm long slender acumen; nerves c. 12-14 pairs, slender, hardly raised beneath, arched, at 55°-65°; secondary nerves scalariform to subreticulate, remote, obscure; midrib obscure and depressed above, slender and acute beneath; petiole 8-15 mm long, slender. Panicles to 10 cm long, terete or ribbed, terminal or axillary, singly (if axillary) or doubly branched; branchlets to 4 cm long, ascending, bearing to 8 flowers; bracteoles to 2 mm long, linear, fugaceous. Flower bud to 5 by 3 mm, lanceolate. Sepals narrowly deltoid, 3 outer acute, 2 inner acuminate. Stamens 25; filaments compressed, tapering, c. 1.5 times length of anthers; anther oblong, tapering; appendages very slender, c. 3 times length of anthers, villous in the distal 1/2. Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrescent, tapering into the style; style c. 1.5 times length of ovary, with prominently trifid stigma. Fruit glabrescent. Pedicel to 1.5 mm long and Ø; 3 longer calyx lobes to 7 by 1.3 cm, lorate-spatulate, obtuse, c. 6 mm wide above the to 8 by 5 mm saccate somewhat thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 5.5 by 0.6 cm, otherwise similar. Nut to 15 by 8 mm, ovoid, apiculate.

An emergent tree in mixed dipterocarp forests; on dry, low hills near the coast; growing in well-drained soils at elevations up to 500 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.