Shorea pachyphylla

Botanical Description

Shorea pachyphylla is a tree with a dense, irregularly hemispherical crown comprised of a few large, twisted branches; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole often has a noticeable taper; it can be up to 150cm in diameter with prominent, stout buttresses up to 2.5 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 , 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 one of the main species that yields 'Dark Red Meranti' timber. It is commonly harvested from the wild and traded internationally. Yielding a valuable, this species is restricted to the highly threatened mixed peat-swamp forest, usually near the coast. It is particularly threatened by logging operations because it grows too slowly to reach reproductive maturity between cutting cycles. 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. ].