Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Shorea coriacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea coriacea is a tree that can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 140cm in diameter with stout buttresses up to 150cm 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 , 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 for its wood and resin. The wood is a source of 'dark red meranti' timber and is often traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and keranga forests at elevations up to 1,300 metres. Usually found on poor sandy soils, ultrabasic soils or on limestone[ 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, ].