Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Shorea patoiensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea patoiensis is a tree with a hemispherical crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm in diameter with somewhat slender buttresses that can sometimes be up to 2 metres high[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, , 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 harvested from the wild for its wood and resin. The wood is a source of 'yellow meranti' timber, which is often traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - endemic to Borneo in Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forest at elevations up to 1,000 metres. Found on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils, also often on limestone[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].