Shorea singkawang
Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Shorea singkawang

Shorea singkawang

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea singkawang is a small to occasionally large tree[ 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 ]. The tree is a source of the timber 'Dark Red Meranti', it is commonly harvested from the wild and traded internationally. The plant is classified as 'Critically 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.
HabitatLowland mixed dipterocarp forest on well drained undulating land, sometimes by streams, at elevations below 400 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 ].