Shorea splendida

Botanical Description

Shorea splendida is a small to medium sized tree with an oblong to narrow hemispherical crown of pendent branches; it can grow up to 30 metres tall. The bole is frequently mis-shapen; it can be up to 80cm in diameter with low, rounded buttresses[ 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 seeds are an important source of a fat, known as 'illipe', that is used locally for food, medicine, soap making etc. The tree is commonly harvested from the wild and is also sometimes planted and semi-cultivated for this purpose. The tree is also a minor source of 'light red meranti' timber, which is traded. 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. ].