== Observations ==
*A medium-sized to large tree up to 45 m tall, with bole branchless for 18-28 m and up to 115 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1.8 m high, bark closely, deeply fissured and dark; leaves .*Leaves ovate to elliptical, 7-14 cm × 3-6 cm, with 11-15 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface tomentose; stamens .*Stamens 15, anthers subglobose with short appendages, stylopodium present; larger .*Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 9 cm × 1.3 cm. ''S. dasyphylla'' occurs on well-drained flat country and low hills in mixed dipterocarp forest up to 700(-1000) m altitude. The density of the wood is 335-690 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
31, 89, 100, 102, 125, 253, 258, 515, 628, 677, 748.
== Authors ==
M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
== Main genus page ==
*[[Shorea (red meranti) (PROSEA)|''Shorea '' (red meranti)]]
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