Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY

Shorea hemsleyana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Shorea hemsleyana is a tree with a dense, hemispherical crown; it usually grows around 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40cm in diameter with low, rounded buttresses[ 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 a source of timber know as 'dark red meranti'. It is harvested from the wild for commercial use[ 946 Title Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods 1 Publication Timber Technology Bulletin No. 9 Author Choo K.T.; Gan K.S.; Lim S.C. Website https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno9.pdf Publisher Timber Technology Centre; Kuala Lumpur Year 1998 ISBN 139-258 Description An excellent series of leaflets, this one gives information on the wood of several species in the genus Shorea. It can be downloaded as a PDF document from the Internet. ]. The tree is also a source of illipe nuts, which supply a fat used locally for cooking, medicine etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatA canopy or sub-canopy tree in mixed dipterocarp forests on yellow, leached, sandy clay soils and on shallow peats; at elevations up to 600 metres[ 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. ].