
Lithocarpus luteus

Lithocarpus luteus is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet "luteus" is from the Latin meaning "golden yellow", referring to the acorn's indumentum.
Description.
"Lithocarpus luteus" grows as a tree up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to and buttresses measuring up to high. The reddish brown bark is fissured to scaly and lenticellate. Its coriaceous leaves measure up to long. The brown acorns are ovoid to roundish, covered in golden yellow hairs, and measure up to across.
Distribution and habitat.
"Lithocarpus luteus" is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp to montane forests from to altitude.