Record Number
3790
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Shorea singkawang (Miq.) Miq.
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
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 84 (1867).
Synonyms
Hopea singkawang Miq. (1860), Shorea thiseltonii King (1893), Pachychlamys thiseltonii (King) Ridley (1922).
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: sengkawang pinang, singkawang daun halus (Sumatra). Malaysia: meranti bahru, meranti sengkawang merah, siput melantai (Peninsular). Thailand: maak on (peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and eastern Sumatra.
Uses
The timber is used as dark red meranti. The fruits are collected as illipe nuts.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with bole branchless for 12—21 m and up to 95 cm in diameter, buttresses up to 3.5 m high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, (8—)12—24 cm (2.3—)5.5—9 cm, with 7—17 pairs of secondary veins; stamens 15, anthers subglobose with short appendages, stylopodium indistinct; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 8 cm 0.8 cm, only slightly longer than the nut. Shorea singkawang has two subspecies and occurs on well-drained undulating land or near streams up to 400 m altitude. The density of the wood is 330—805 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected Sources
[102]Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd edition. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur. Vol. 1 (A–H) pp. 1–1240. Vol. 2 (I–Z) pp. 1241–2444.
[136]Choo, K.T. & Lim, S.C., 1982. Malaysian timbers – dark red meranti. Malaysian Forest Service Trade Leaflet No 69. Malaysian Timber Industry Board, Kuala Lumpur. 14 pp.
[253]Foxworthy, F.W., 1932. Dipterocarpaceae of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 10. Printers Limited, Singapore. 289 pp.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 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.
[514]Ng, F.S.P. & Tang, H.T., 1974. Comparative growth rates of Malaysian trees. Malaysian Forester 37: 2–23.
[628]Smitinand, T., Santisuk, T. & Phengklai, C., 1980. The manual of Dipterocarpaceae of mainland South-East Asia. Thai Forestry Bulletin 12: 1–110.
[677]Symington, C.F., 1941. Foresters' manual of dipterocarps. Malayan Forest Records No 16. Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur. pp. xliii + 244.
[748]van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
[136]Choo, K.T. & Lim, S.C., 1982. Malaysian timbers – dark red meranti. Malaysian Forest Service Trade Leaflet No 69. Malaysian Timber Industry Board, Kuala Lumpur. 14 pp.
[253]Foxworthy, F.W., 1932. Dipterocarpaceae of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Records No 10. Printers Limited, Singapore. 289 pp.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 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.
[514]Ng, F.S.P. & Tang, H.T., 1974. Comparative growth rates of Malaysian trees. Malaysian Forester 37: 2–23.
[628]Smitinand, T., Santisuk, T. & Phengklai, C., 1980. The manual of Dipterocarpaceae of mainland South-East Asia. Thai Forestry Bulletin 12: 1–110.
[677]Symington, C.F., 1941. Foresters' manual of dipterocarps. Malayan Forest Records No 16. Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur. pp. xliii + 244.
[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 singkawang (Miq.) Miq.. 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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