Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Shorea guiso

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Red balan is a large tree with a dense crown; it can grow up to 73 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 15 - 25 metres, up to 112cm in diameter, with prominent buttresses[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its resin and for its wood, which is a high class construction timber that is used locally and also traded. The tree is classified as 'Critically endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 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 - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatAn emergent tree, scattered in lowland forest on red soils, most common in slightly seasonal climates; rare and confined to limestone hills in W. and Central Borneo[ 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, ].