Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Shorea pinanga

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea pinanga is a tree with a loosely dome-shaped to oblong crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 130cm in diameter with stout buttresses up to 150cm 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 as a source of wood and resin. The wood is a source of 'light red meranti' timber and is traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia (the tree is endemic to the island of Borneo).

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 1,300 metres. Mostly found on ridges with leached clay to sandy clay 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, , 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. ].