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5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers

Shorea amplexicaulis P. Ashton

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (red meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Gard. Bull. Sing. 19: 273, pl. 10 (1962).

Brunei: kawang pinang, meranti kawang, pinang lichin. Indonesia: orai lanyung, awang rambut (south-eastern Kalimantan). Malaysia: engkabang pipit, tengkawang megeh telur (Sarawak), kawang bukit (Sabah).

Borneo.

The timber is used as light red meranti.

A medium-sized to large tree, up to 50 m tall with tall bole up to 125 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 1 m high; leaves elliptical, 11—21 cm 5—8 cm, with 9—12 pairs of secondary veins, stipules amplexicaul, subpersistent; stamens 15, anthers narrowly oblong with long appendages, ovary without a stylopodium; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 18 cm 3 cm. Shorea amplexicaulis is fairly common on hillsides, slopes and especially ridges on clay or sandy soils with a high clay content from sea-level up to 700 m altitude. The density of the wood is 495—610 kg/m³ at 15% moisture content.

[30]Ashton, P.S., 1964. A manual of the dipterocarp trees of Brunei State. Oxford University Press, London. xii + 242 pp.
[100]Burgess, P.F., 1966. Timbers of Sabah. Sabah Forest Records No 6. Forest Department, Sabah, Sandakan. xviii + 501 pp.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 pp.
[748]van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.

M.S.M. Sosef

Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Shorea amplexicaulis P. Ashton. In: Soerianegara, I. and Lemmens, R.H.M.J. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea