Shorea ovata Dyer ex Brandis

Small or medium-sized tree. Young twig, panicle, leaf bud, stipule (both surfaces), petiole, midrib above and leaf beneath densely persistently evenly ochra-ceous to rust pubescent, scabrid on raceme and nervation beneath. Twig c. 1 mm ø apically, slender, much branched, terete, becoming smooth, glabrous; stipule scars c. 1 mm long, thin, slightly descending. Bud 3-6 by 1.5-3 mm, ovoid, obtuse. Stipule to 13 by 5 mm, ovate, subacute, fugaceous. Leaves 4-8 by 2.5-4.5 cm, small, coriaceous, broadly ovate; base subequal to equal, obtuse; acumen to 1 cm long, narrow; margin slightly revolute; nerves 8-10 pairs, curved, prominent beneath, at c. 50°-70°, with (in Borneo) small pilose axillary domatia; tertiary nerves slender, densely scalariform, set diagonally to the nerves; midrib slightly depressed above; petiole 1-1.3 cm long. Panicle to 11 cm long, terminal or axillary, terete or slightly compressed; singly or doubly branched, branchlets to 3 cm long, bearing to 8 ± distichous flowers; bracteoles to 3.5 by 2 mm, oblong, obtuse, sparsely puberulent outside, glabrescent within. Flower bud to 6 by 2.5 mm, ovoid, subacute. Calyx densely golden-brown pubescent outside, glabrescent within; 3 outer lobes narrowly ovate, acuminate; 2 inner shorter, broader, more acuminate; petals pale pink with cream margin, lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent on parts exposed in bud, loosely connate on falling. Stamens of 3 lengths, the outer 5 often aborting, the inner 5 about twice their length; filaments tapering gradually; anthers subglobose, narrower apically; appendage to connective short, becoming reflexed. Ovary ovoid, with a band of hairs at the apex, otherwise glabrous, tapering into the rather short glabrous style. Fruit calyx glabrescent, ± persistently puberulent at base; 3 longer lobes to 5.5 by 1 cm, spatulate, obtuse, to 4 mm broad above the to 7 by 6 mm ovate shallowly saccate thickened base; 2 shorter lobes to 3 by 0.3 cm, subequal, linear, similarly saccate at base. Nut to 11 by 8 mm, broadly ovoid, tapering, shortly evenly densely buff pubescent; style remnant to 2.5 mm long, acute.

A canopy or emergent tree in mixed dipterocarp forest on yellow sandy soil in lowland areas; also in the ecotone to kerangas and in upper dipterocarp forest; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.