Shorea scrobiculata (PROSEA)

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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)