Shorea lumutensis Symington

Medium-sized to large tree. Young twigs and fruit calyx caducous cream puberulent, panicles, parts of perianth exposed in bud, ovary and base of style persistently grey-brown, rough pubescent. Twigs c. 3 mm ø apically, terete, drying black. Stipules not seen. Leaves 7-29 by 2.5-7 cm, oblong or elliptic, coriaceous, persistently cream lepidote beneath, fuga-ceously so above; margin +-sinuate; base cuneate or obtuse; acumen short, broad; nerves 12-16 pairs, obscure above, prominent and drying black beneath; tertiary nerves densely scalariform, sinuate, evident beneath; midrib prominent beneath, evident but ± applanate above; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, geniculate, ± persistently cream lepidote. Panicle to 10 cm long, terminal or axillary; singly or (if terminal) doubly branched, branchlets to 1.5 cm long, bearing to 5 secund flowers. Flower buds c. 9 mm long at anthesis; 3 outer sepals ovate-deltoid, obtuse; 2 inner ovate, acute or acuminate; stamens 20-24, of several heights; filaments rather short, broad at base, tapering and filiform beneath the ellipsoid anthers; outer anther cells ± sparsely barbate at apices; appendages short, with 1-2 terminal bristles; ovary and stylopodium ovoid-conical, tapering into the short stout style. Fruit ± sessile; 3 longer calyx lobes to 7 by 1.5 cm, spatulate, obtuse, tapering to c. 5 mm above the to 10 by 8 mm elliptic saccate thickened base; 3 shorter lobes to 4.0 by 0.4 mm, ± linear, similar at base; nut to 20 by 12 mm, ovoid, prominently beaked.

Local but common in mixed dipterocarp forests, growing on coastal hills at elevations above 100 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.