Shorea scrobiculata (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Shorea scrobiculata Burck
- Protologue: Meded. 's-Lands Plantentuin 3: 223 (1886).
Synonyms
- Shorea meadiana Sym. (1939).
Vernacular names
- Brunei: selangan batu zang
- Indonesia: bangkirai padi, palepek gunung, tekam rian (Kalimantan)
- Malaysia: balau sengkawang, damar laut kuning (Peninsular), selangan zang (Sarawak).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia (rare), northern and western Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as balau.
Observations
- A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall with comparatively short bole sometimes exceeding 115 cm in diameter and short buttresses.
- Leaves narrowly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-11 cm × 2.5-4 cm, with 10-12 pairs of close secondary veins prominent beneath.
- Petals narrow, pink with a cream margin, stamens 20-30, the appendages with 1(-2) bristle(s).
- Fruit calyx lobes unequal, larger three up to 5 cm × 1.2 cm.
S. scrobiculata occurs on ridges and hillsides on well-drained and not too sandy soils up to 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is 860-1070 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected sources
30, 89, 258, 677, 748.
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Authors
- M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)