Shorea resinosa

Botanical Description

Shorea resinosa is a large tree with a hemispherical crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 18 - 24 metres, up to 125cm in diameter and with buttresses that can be large or totally absent[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. , 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 as a commercial source of the timber 'White Meranti'[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is threatened by forest degradation and conversion to agriculture. It is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.