Shorea palembanica

Botanical Description

Shorea palembanica is usually a small to medium-sized tree, though occasionally it can grow quite large, reaching up to 45 metres tall. The dense crown is irregularly oblong to hemispherical. The bole is often leaning or mis-shapen, it can be up to 130cm in diameter with stout buttresses[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. The seeds are commonly gathered from the wild as a source of local food. The tree is a source of timber known as 'dark red meranti'. It is harvested from the wild for commercial use[ 946 Title Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods 1 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 9 Author Choo K.T.; Gan K.S.; Lim S.C. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno9.pdf Publisher Timber Technology Centre; Kuala Lumpur Year 1998 ISBN 139-258 Description An excellent series of leaflets, this one gives information on the wood of several species in the genus Shorea. It can be downloaded as a PDF document from the Internet. ]. The tree is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. It is protected under Sarawak's Wildlife Protection Bill (1990) as a major source of illipe nuts[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].