Record Number
3770
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Shorea macrophylla (de Vriese) 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.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (red meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Gard. Bull. Sing. 20: 278 (1963).
Synonyms
Hopea macrophylla de Vriese (1861), Shorea gysbertsiana Burck (1886), Pachychlamys gysbertsiana (Burck) Ridley (1922).
Vernacular Names
Brunei: kawang jantong. Indonesia: awang katolok, tengkawang buah (East Kalimantan), tengkawang hantelok (Kalimantan). Malaysia: engkabang jantong, engkabang ringgit (Sarawak), kawang jantong (Sabah).
Distribution
Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as a light red meranti. Being one of the lightest in this trade group it is sometimes regarded as a white meranti or traded separately as 'kawang jantong'. Shorea macrophylla is one of the most important sources of illipe nuts.
Observations
A medium-sized to large tree up to 50 m tall, with bole up to 130 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 2 m high; leaves elliptical-oblong, 17—35 10—14 cm, base obtuse to subcordate, with 11—20 pairs of secondary veins, stipules up to 5 cm 1.3 cm; stamens 15, anthers elliptical-oblong, with long appendages, stylopodium pyriform; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 11 cm 3 cm. Shorea macrophylla is one of the fastest growing Shorea species and is common along water courses and on clay-rich periodically flooded land below 600 m altitude. The density of the wood is 270—600 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Image
 | Shorea macrophylla (de Vriese) P. Ashton - 1, leafy branch; 2, flower bud; 3, stamens; 4, fruit |
Selected Sources
[30]Ashton, P.S., 1964. A manual of the dipterocarp trees of Brunei State. Oxford University Press, London. xii + 242 pp.
[89]Browne, F.G., 1955. Forest trees of Sarawak and Brunei and their products. Government Printing Office, Kuching. xviii + 369 pp.
[100]Burgess, P.F., 1966. Timbers of Sabah. Sabah Forest Records No 6. Forest Department, Sabah, Sandakan. xviii + 501 pp.
[253]Foxworthy, F.W., 1932. Dipterocarpaceae of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 10. Printers Limited, Singapore. 289 pp.
[318]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlands-Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch-Indië, 's-Gravenhage. 1953 pp.
[436]Lo, Y.N., 1985. Root initiation of Shorea macrophylla cuttings: effects of node position, growth regulators and misting regime. Forest Ecology and Management 12: 43–52.
[476]Meijer, W. & Wood, G.H.S., 1964. Dipterocarps of Sabah (North Borneo). Sabah Forest Records No 5. Forest Department, Sandakan. 344 pp.
[514]Ng, F.S.P. & Tang, H.T., 1974. Comparative growth rates of Malaysian trees. Malaysian Forester 37: 2–23.
[748]van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
[89]Browne, F.G., 1955. Forest trees of Sarawak and Brunei and their products. Government Printing Office, Kuching. xviii + 369 pp.
[100]Burgess, P.F., 1966. Timbers of Sabah. Sabah Forest Records No 6. Forest Department, Sabah, Sandakan. xviii + 501 pp.
[253]Foxworthy, F.W., 1932. Dipterocarpaceae of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 10. Printers Limited, Singapore. 289 pp.
[318]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlands-Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch-Indië, 's-Gravenhage. 1953 pp.
[436]Lo, Y.N., 1985. Root initiation of Shorea macrophylla cuttings: effects of node position, growth regulators and misting regime. Forest Ecology and Management 12: 43–52.
[476]Meijer, W. & Wood, G.H.S., 1964. Dipterocarps of Sabah (North Borneo). Sabah Forest Records No 5. Forest Department, Sandakan. 344 pp.
[514]Ng, F.S.P. & Tang, H.T., 1974. Comparative growth rates of Malaysian trees. Malaysian Forester 37: 2–23.
[748]van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
Author(s)
M.S.M. Sosef
Correct Citation of this Article
Sosef, M.S.M., 1993. Shorea macrophylla (de Vriese) 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
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