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== Observations ==
 
== Observations ==
  
A medium-sized or large tree up to 50 m tall with bole up to 125 cm in diameter and buttresses up to 1.5 m high; leaves broadly elliptical-oblong, 12-18 cm × 7-10 cm, with 25-30 pairs of secondary viens, lower surface bright yellow lepidote, petiole 1.3-2 cm long; stamens 15, stylopodium absent; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 10 cm × 2 cm. ''S. ochracea'' occurs scattered on well-drained clay soils on undulating land and ridges up to 750 m altitude. The density of the wood is 435-735 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
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*A medium-sized or large tree up to 50 m tall with bole up to 125 cm in diameter and buttresses up to 1.5 m high.
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*Leaves broadly elliptical-oblong, 12-18 cm × 7-10 cm, with 25-30 pairs of secondary viens, lower surface bright yellow lepidote, petiole 1.3-2 cm long.
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*Stamens 15, stylopodium absent.
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*Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 10 cm × 2 cm.
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''S. ochracea'' occurs scattered on well-drained clay soils on undulating land and ridges up to 750 m altitude. The density of the wood is 435-735 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content.
  
 
== Selected sources ==
 
== Selected sources ==
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30, 89, 100, 258, 748.
 
30, 89, 100, 258, 748.
  
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== Main genus page ==
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*[[Shorea (white meranti) (PROSEA)|''Shorea'' (white meranti)]]
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== Authors ==
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*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 12 August 2017

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia
Introduction
List of species


Shorea ochracea Sym.

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 8: 285, pl. 27 (1935).

Vernacular names

  • Brunei: raruk
  • Indonesia: damar kebaong (Kalimantan), kontoi tembaga (West Kalimantan), maro (south-eastern Kalimantan)
  • Malaysia: badau raruk (Sarawak), melapi daun besar (Sabah).

Distribution

Borneo.

Uses

The timber is used as white meranti.

Observations

  • A medium-sized or large tree up to 50 m tall with bole up to 125 cm in diameter and buttresses up to 1.5 m high.
  • Leaves broadly elliptical-oblong, 12-18 cm × 7-10 cm, with 25-30 pairs of secondary viens, lower surface bright yellow lepidote, petiole 1.3-2 cm long.
  • Stamens 15, stylopodium absent.
  • Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 10 cm × 2 cm.

S. ochracea occurs scattered on well-drained clay soils on undulating land and ridges up to 750 m altitude. The density of the wood is 435-735 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

30, 89, 100, 258, 748.

Main genus page

Authors

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