Shorea gratissima (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Shorea gratissima (Wallich ex Kurz) Dyer

Protologue: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 307 (1874).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: melapi laut (Sabah), meranti laut (Peninsular)
• Burma: uban
• Thailand: (ta)khian-sai, rieo-nok-thung, yom (Thai, peninsular).

Distribution

Burma, peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, West Kalimantan and north-eastern Sabah.

Uses

The timber is used as white meranti.

Observations

• A large tree up to 55 m tall with bole up to 115 cm in diameter and short buttresses.
• Leaves ovate to elliptical, 4-10 cm × 1.5-4.5 cm, with 12-14 pairs of secondary veins, midrib acute beneath, petiole 8-15 mm long.
• Stamens 25, stylopodium absent.
• Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 7 cm × 1.3 cm.

S. gratissima occurs on well-drained soils near the coast. The density of the wood is 495-800 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

100, 253, 258, 476, 628, 677, 748.

Main genus page

• Shorea (white meranti)

Authors

• M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)