Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Endangered

Shorea gratissima

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea gratissima is a tree with a large, hemispherical crown comprised of a few large twisted branches; it can grow up to 60 metres tall. The bole can be straight or twisted, it is up to 200cm in diameter with stout buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 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 tree is a source of 'white meranti' timber; it is often harvested from the wild and traded[ 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 plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn emergent tree in mixed dipterocarp forests; on dry, low hills near the coast; growing in well-drained soils at elevations up to 500 metres[ 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 , 884 Title The World List of Threatened Trees Publication Author Oldfield S.; Lusty C.; and MacKinven A. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher World Conservation Press; Cambridge UK Year 1998 ISBN 1-899628-10 X Description A list of the trees on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plant Species in 1998, often giving some information on habitat and the reasons for being on the list. It can be downloaded 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. ].