Shorea argentifolia (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Shorea argentifolia Sym.

Protologue: Gard. Bull. Sing. 17: 489 (1960).

• Brunei: merangau, meranti binatoh
• Indonesia: senkajang, seraya pasir, seraya pipit (northern Kalimantan)
• Malaysia: binatoh, sinkajang (Sarawak), seraya daun mas (Sabah).

North-eastern Borneo.

S. argentifolia is an important source of light red meranti timber within its distribution area.

• A medium-sized to large tree up to 53 m tall with bole up to 130 cm in diameter, buttresses prominent, up to 4 m high.
• Leaves oblong-lanceolate, thinly leathery, 6-11 cm × 2.5-4.5 cm, with 20-25 pairs of secondary veins, the lower surface pinkish-golden velvety tomentose.
• Stamens 15, anthers subglobose with short appendages, ovary and stylopodium pear-shaped.
• Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 7.5 cm × 1.2 cm.

S. argentifolia occurs locally abundant and gregarious and is found on clay soils, usually on undulating land and in valleys up to 680 m altitude. The density of the wood is 480-835 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

30, 89, 258, 476, 514, 748.

• Shorea (red meranti)

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