Shorea collina (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Shorea collina Ridley

Protologue: Agric. Bull. Straits Fed. Malay States 9: 182 (1910).

Synonyms

• Shorea angustiloba Foxw. (1932).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: balau bukit, tekam, terbak paya (Peninsular).

Distribution

Eastern parts of Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

The timber is used as red balau.

Observations

• A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 38 m tall with bole branchless for up to 27 m and a diameter of 100 cm and more.
• Leaves broadly elliptical-oblong, 9-21 cm × 5-13 cm.
• Petals narrow, stamens c. 55.
• Fruit calyx lobes vestigial, unequal, the larger three up to 5 cm × 1.3 cm.

S. collina occurs locally in the lowlands. The density of the wood is 865-1025 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

253, 258, 444, 677, 748.

Main genus page

• Shorea (balau)

Authors

• M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)