Lithocarpus grandifolius (D.Don)
S.N.Biswas, Bull. Bot. Serv. Ind. 10 (1969)
Latin for 'large leaf'.
Description
Upper canopy tree up to 42 m tall and 81 cm dbh. Stipules small. Leaves
alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter, yellowish,
placed in racemes. Fruits ca. 18 mm diameter, greenish, nut with basal cupule.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests up to 1700 m
altitude. Along rivers and on hillsides. Found on sandy soils. In secondary
forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Distribution
From Pakistan and India to Indo-China to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia,
Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, East-Kalimantan), Celebes.
