Lithocarpus sundaicus (Blume) Rehd., J. Arn. Arb. 1 (1919)
Latin for 'Sunda', the region where this species occurs.

Synonyms
Castanea latifolia Blume, Cyclobalanopsis muricata (Roxb.) Oerst, Cyclobalanus lamponga (Miq.) Oerst, Lithocarpus lamponga (Miq.) Rehd., Lithocarpus pruinosa (Blume) Rehd., Pasania grandifrons (King ex Hook.f.) Gamble, Pasania korthalsii (Blume) Oerst, Pasania lamponga (Miq.) Gamble, Pasania pruinosa (Blume) Oerst, Pasania sundaica (Blume) Oerst, Quercus grandifrons King ex Hook.f., Quercus hystrix var. mappacea (Korth.) Merr., Quercus korthalsii Blume, Quercus korthalsii var. kajan Blume, Quercus korthalsii var. mappacea (Korth.) Blume, Quercus korthalsii var. pachyphylla Blume, Quercus lamponga Miq., Quercus mappacea Korth., Quercus muricata Roxb., Quercus pruinosa Blume, Quercus pruinosa var. alpina Jungh., Quercus pseudomoluccana var. korthalssi (Blume) Weinzig, Quercus pseudomoluccana var. pruinosa (Blume) Weinzig, Quercus pseudomoluccana var. sundaica (Blume) Weinzig, Quercus sundaica Blume, Synaedrys grandifrons (King ex Hook.f.) Koidz, Synaedrys lamponga (Miq.) Koidz, Synaedrys pruinosa (Blume) Koidz, Synaedrys sundaica (Blume) Koidz

Description
Upper-canopy tree up to 45 m tall and 78 cm dbh. Stipules ca. 8 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, glabrous to hairy below. Flowers ca. 3 mm diameter, green-yellow, placed racemes. Fruits ca. 17 mm diameter, greenish, nut with basal cupule.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to sub-montane forests up to 1400 m altitude. Both on alluvial sites and along rivers as on hillsides and ridges. Found on clay soils and near limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-, Central- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Brangan pili, Empenit, Empili, Mempening, Mengkikir, Salud birar.