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<big>''[[Shorea polita]]'' S. Vidal</big>
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:Protologue: Sinopsis 15: t. 15D (1883).
== Synonyms ==
*''Shorea mindanensis'' Foxw.
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole branchless for 15-20 m and a diameter up to 120 cm, buttresses small; leaves .*Leaves elliptical, thinly leathery, (3.5-)6-9(-14) cm × (1.5-)4-5(-11.5) cm, with 11-13 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface pale green, petiole 1-2 cm long; stamens .*Stamens 21-25, stylopodium absent; larger .*Larger fruit calyx lobes up to 13 cm × 2 cm. ''S. polita'' occurs in primary evergreen and semi-evergreen forest at low altitude. The wood is very difficult to saw by hand and has a density of 480-750 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
175, 258, 578, 579, 748.
== Main genus page ==
*[[Shorea (white meranti) (PROSEA)|''Shorea'' (white meranti)]]
== Authors ==
*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
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