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Shorea havilandii (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Shorea havilandii]]'' Brandis</big>
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:Protologue: Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 3: 82 (1895).

== Vernacular names ==

*Brunei: selangan batu pinang, tengkawang ayer
*Malaysia: selangan pinang, enkabang pinang (Sarawak), selangan batu pinang (Sabah).

== Distribution ==

Brunei, Sarawak and eastern Sabah.

== Uses ==

The timber is used as balau.

== Observations ==

A small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole up to 50 cm in diameter and small buttresses up to 0.7 m high; leaves ovate-elliptical, 8-16 cm × 3.5-6 cm, thinly leathery, upper surface dark purplish to wine-red and pubescent along the midrib, lower surface dull khaki-grey, petiole 8-12 mm long; petals narrow, stamens 30-50, the appendages with a single bristle; fruit calyx lobes subequal, short, up to 10 mm × 8 mm. ''S. havilandii'' is locally common in heath forest and freshwater swamp forest on sandy soils and peat overlying limestone. The density of the wood is about 1090 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.

== Selected sources ==

30, 89, 100, 258, 748.


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