Shorea inaequilateralis

Botanical Description

Shorea inaequilateralis is a tree with a large crown of pendant branches; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The bole is often somewhat sinuate; it can be up to 120cm in diameter with stout, spreading buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 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 commonly harvested from the wild as a commercial source of heavy construction timber. A species of the dwindling mixed peat-swamp forests, it is threatened by logging for its valuable construction timber, 'semayur'. It is unlikely to survive logging because trees are slow-growing and do not reach reproductive maturity within a logging cycle. 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. ].