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<big>''[[Shorea agamii]]'' P. Ashton</big>
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:Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 19: 270, pl. 9 (1962).

== Vernacular names ==

*Brunei: meranti puteh timbul
*Malaysia: melapi agama (Sabah).

== Distribution ==

Northern and western Borneo.

== Uses ==

''S. agamii'' is an important source of white meranti timber.

== Observations ==

*A very large tree up to 60 m tall with bole up to 225 cm in diameter and short buttresses.
*Leaves broadly ovate to oblong or narrowly ovate, 4.5-15 cm × 2.5-10 cm with 9-13 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface glabrous, petiole 1-1.5 cm long.
*Stamens 15, anthers with long, slender appendages.
*Fruit base impressed, larger fruit calyx lobes up to 12 cm long.

''S. agamii'' has two subspecies (subsp. ''agamii'' and subsp. ''diminuta'' P. Ashton) and occurs on leached soils on undulating land or low hills below 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is about 665 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content.

== Selected sources ==

30, 89, 100, 258, 357, 358, 514, 748.

== Main genus page ==

*[[Shorea (white meranti) (PROSEA)|''Shorea'' (white meranti)]]

== Authors ==

*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)

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