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<big>''[[Shorea assamica]]'' Dyer</big>
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:Protologue: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 307 (1874).

== Synonyms ==

*''Shorea philippinensis'' Brandis (1895),
*''Shorea koordersii'' Brandis ex Koord. (1898),
*''Shorea globifera'' Ridley (1922).

== Vernacular names ==

*Indonesia: damar mesegar (general), pini boti pien (Moluccas), damar larieh (Sulawesi), sogar baringin nabotar (Sumatra)
*Malaysia: lemsa kulat, meranti pipit (Peninsular)
*Philippines: danlig (Tagalog), manggasinoro (general), siyau (Panay Bisau)
*Thailand: saya-khao.

== Distribution ==

India, peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the southern Moluccas.

== Uses ==

The timber is the major source of white meranti. The resin, called "damar tenang", was once collected on a commercial scale in North Sulawesi.

== Observations ==

*A large tree up to 55 m tall with bole up to 150 cm in diameter and prominent buttresses.
*Leaves ovate, elliptical or rarely obovate, (4-)5-9(-10) cm × 2-4(-6) cm, with 13-18 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface sometimes pilose, petiole 5-7 mm long, stipules auriculate, up to 15 mm long.
*Stamens 15, anthers with short to long appendages.
*Fruit pedicel c. 2 mm long, larger fruit calyx lobes up to 11 cm × 2 cm.

''S. assamica'' is very variable with 4 subspecies which occur in evergreen or semi-evergreen forest on fertile clay soils on well-drained flat or hilly country up to 1000 m altitude. The density of the wood is 420-680 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.

== Selected sources ==

89, 102, 175, 253, 258, 318, 327, 499, 514, 579, 628, 677, 744, 748.

== Main genus page ==

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

== Authors ==

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

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