Shorea agamii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Shorea agamii P. Ashton

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/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

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

Main genus page

• Shorea (white meranti)

Authors

• M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)