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Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Habitat hill forest. Acorns of Lithocarpus Blume (unidentified lower taxon). Fagaceae. CN: [Malay - collectively called Mempening], other regional vernacular names - Indian oak (India); Kalal, Mempening batu, Mempening bunga, Mempening sunda, Obu, Pasang, Pinanak, Takalet and Uba (Indonesia); New Guinea oak (Papua New Guinea); Menaring, Oak and Pangnan (Philippines); Ko and Ko muu (Thailand); and Gie (Vietnam). In peninsular Malaysia alone there are 38 species of tropical stone oaks Lithocarpus in various habitat ranging from lowland, hill, sub-montane and montane forests.
Ref. and suggested reading:
FRIM Flora Database
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6895
www.faculty.biol.ttu.edu/cannon/pdfs/Cannon03.pdf
www.ecologicalevolution.org/research/lithocarpus-and-the-...
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