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<big>''[[Shorea beccariana]]'' Burck</big>
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:Protologue: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 6: 213 (1887).
== Synonyms ==
''Shorea franchetiana'' Heim (1891).
== Vernacular names ==
*Brunei: kawang pinang, meranti langgai
*Indonesia: tengkawang tengkal, engkabang maha (West Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: abang (Dusun, northern Borneo), meranti langgai (Sabah, Sarawak).
== Distribution ==
Northern Borneo.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as light red meranti. The fruits are collected as illipe nuts.
== Observations ==
A very large tree up to 60 m tall with bole up to 110 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1.5 m high, bark laminated; leaves elliptical to ovate, 11-20 cm × 5.5-7 cm, with 11-14 pairs of secondary veins; stamens 15, anthers oblong with long and slender appendages, stylopodium cylindrical; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 19 cm × 2.7 cm. ''S. beccariana'' is common on deeply leached soils in the lowlands and on shale or sandstone ridges up to 1350 m altitude. The density of the wood is 520-800 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
30, 89, 258, 476, 514, 748.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Shorea beccariana'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Shorea beccariana]]'' Burck</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 6: 213 (1887).
== Synonyms ==
''Shorea franchetiana'' Heim (1891).
== Vernacular names ==
*Brunei: kawang pinang, meranti langgai
*Indonesia: tengkawang tengkal, engkabang maha (West Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: abang (Dusun, northern Borneo), meranti langgai (Sabah, Sarawak).
== Distribution ==
Northern Borneo.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as light red meranti. The fruits are collected as illipe nuts.
== Observations ==
A very large tree up to 60 m tall with bole up to 110 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1.5 m high, bark laminated; leaves elliptical to ovate, 11-20 cm × 5.5-7 cm, with 11-14 pairs of secondary veins; stamens 15, anthers oblong with long and slender appendages, stylopodium cylindrical; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 19 cm × 2.7 cm. ''S. beccariana'' is common on deeply leached soils in the lowlands and on shale or sandstone ridges up to 1350 m altitude. The density of the wood is 520-800 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
30, 89, 258, 476, 514, 748.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
