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<big>''[[Shorea virescens]]'' Parijs</big>
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:Protologue: Feddes Rep. 33: 244 (1933).
== Vernacular names ==
*Brunei: meranti sulang sulang
*Indonesia: belobunyo (East Kalimantan), damar maja (South Kalimantan), kontoi sabang (West Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: melapi sulang saling (Sabah), meranti sulang sulang (Sarawak)
*Philippines: manggasinorong-lakihan (general), ak-ak (Bisaya).
== Distribution ==
Borneo and the southern Philippines.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as white meranti. The tree yields a clear resin of good quality.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to very large tree up to 60 m tall, with bole up to 175 cm in diameter and buttresses up to 3.5 m high, twigs compressed; leaves obovate, 7-15 cm × 4-8 cm, with 14-17 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface tomentose on the veins, dull grey, petiole 15-20 mm long; stamens 15, stylopodium absent; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 8 cm × 1.3 cm. ''S. virescens'' occurs on flat and undulating land on stoney or sandy as well as clayey soils up to 600 m altitude. The density of the wood is 380-630 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
30, 175, 258, 344, 476, 743, 748.
== Authors ==
K.M. Kochummen (general part), W.C. Wong (properties), J.M. Fundter (wood anatomy) & M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Shorea virescens'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Shorea virescens]]'' Parijs</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Feddes Rep. 33: 244 (1933).
== Vernacular names ==
*Brunei: meranti sulang sulang
*Indonesia: belobunyo (East Kalimantan), damar maja (South Kalimantan), kontoi sabang (West Kalimantan)
*Malaysia: melapi sulang saling (Sabah), meranti sulang sulang (Sarawak)
*Philippines: manggasinorong-lakihan (general), ak-ak (Bisaya).
== Distribution ==
Borneo and the southern Philippines.
== Uses ==
The timber is used as white meranti. The tree yields a clear resin of good quality.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized to very large tree up to 60 m tall, with bole up to 175 cm in diameter and buttresses up to 3.5 m high, twigs compressed; leaves obovate, 7-15 cm × 4-8 cm, with 14-17 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface tomentose on the veins, dull grey, petiole 15-20 mm long; stamens 15, stylopodium absent; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 8 cm × 1.3 cm. ''S. virescens'' occurs on flat and undulating land on stoney or sandy as well as clayey soils up to 600 m altitude. The density of the wood is 380-630 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
30, 175, 258, 344, 476, 743, 748.
== Authors ==
K.M. Kochummen (general part), W.C. Wong (properties), J.M. Fundter (wood anatomy) & M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]