Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Endangered

Shorea albida

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea albida can range in size from a sub-canopy tree around 20 metres tall to an emergent tree up to 75 metres tall with a vast, diffuse canopy. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 50 - 250cm in diameter, the larger specimens with large buttresses up to 4 metres high and outwards[ 848 Title Tropix 7 Publication Author Website http://tropix.cirad.fr/en Publisher CIRAD Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees. , 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 an important source of the timber 'Red Meranti' and is commonly harvested from the wild and traded internationally. The peat-swamp forest habitats where this tree grows are seriously threatened. Regeneration is reported to be non-existent. 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 - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA canopy or emergent tree, local on podsols on terraces and plateaux in Heath forests at elevations up to 1,200 metres. Gregarious and dominant on oligotrophic peat swamps except at the margin and sometimes the centre[ 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. ].