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Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Shorea parvistipulata

Shorea parvistipulata

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea parvistipulata is a tree with a vast, diffuse but regularly hemispherical bole; it can grow up to 70 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 200cm in diameter with prominent, stout buttresses up to 5 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 , 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 'light red meranti' timber, and is often traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - endemic to Borneo in Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.
HabitatAn emergent tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 1,500 metres. Mostly on hillsides and ridges with clay soils, rarely on sandy soils[ 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, ].