Shorea amplexicaulis (PROSEA)

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Shorea amplexicaulis P. Ashton

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 19: 273, pl. 10 (1962).

Vernacular names

  • Brunei: kawang pinang, meranti kawang, pinang lichin
  • Indonesia: orai lanyung, awang rambut (south-eastern Kalimantan)
  • Malaysia: engkabang pipit, tengkawang megeh telur (Sarawak), kawang bukit (Sabah).

Distribution

Borneo.

Uses

The timber is used as light red meranti.

Observations

  • A medium-sized to large tree, up to 50 m tall with tall bole up to 125 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1 m high.
  • Leaves elliptical, 11-21 cm × 5-8 cm, with 9-12 pairs of secondary veins, stipules amplexicaul, subpersistent.
  • Stamens 15, anthers narrowly oblong with long appendages, ovary without a stylopodium.
  • Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 18 cm × 3 cm.

S. amplexicaulis is fairly common on hillsides, slopes and especially ridges on clay or sandy soils with a high clay content from sea-level up to 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is 495-610 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

30, 100, 258, 748.

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Authors

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