Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Shorea trapezifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea trapezifolia is a large tree. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. Regeneration is good where selective logging is taking place, but most of the habitat has been converted into plantations, resulting in the species becoming localised. 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Sri Lanka.

HabitatA canopy tree in lowland and sometimes highland wet evergreen forest, usually on deep soils[ 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. ]. Moist low country at elevations up to 750 metres[ 464 Title A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon Publication Author Trimen H.; continued by Hooker J.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Dulau and Co; London. Year 1898 ISBN Description Very dated, but still a useful work. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].