Record Number
3806
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Shorea javanica Koord. & Valeton
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (white meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (white meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 2: 3 (1899).
Synonyms
Shorea vandekoppelii Parijs (1933).
Vernacular Names
Indonesia: damar kaca (general), damar sibosa (northern Sumatra), mesegar lanang (southern Sumatra).
Distribution
Sumatra and central Java.
Uses
The timber is used as white meranti. The tree produces a clear resin of high quality which has been exported.
Observations
A medium-sized to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole branchless for up to 20(—30) m and with a diameter of up to 150 cm, buttresses up to 1.5 m high; leaves elliptical-oblong to ovate, thinly leathery, (6.5—)10—15 cm (3.5—)4—8 cm, with 19—25 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface evenly tomentose on the veins, petiole 16—22 mm long; stamens 15, stylopodium narrow; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 18 cm 1.5 cm. Shorea javanica occurs in primary and secondary forest on dry or periodically inundated places on flat land or on slopes up to 300(—500) m altitude. Plantations have been established in southern Sumatra where it grows best on deep loamy soils. The density of the wood is 450—840 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Image
 | Shorea javanica Koord. & Valeton - 1, flowering branch; 2, flower bud; 3, mature flower; 4, flower with sepals and petals removed; 5, fruit |
Selected Sources
[27]Ardikoesoema, R.I., 1954. Tanaman Shorea javanica di Djawa [Plantations of Shorea javanica in Java]. Rimba Indonesia 3: 141–151.
[204]Elouard, C., 1989. Notes on some Fusarium and Cylindrocarpon on Dipterocarpaceae of Indonesia. Biotropica 3: 25–40.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 pp.
[344]Jafarsidik, Y., 1982. Jenis-jenis pohon penghasil damar di Sumatra [Resin producing tree species in Sumatra]. Duta Rimba 8(54): 36–37.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[522]Nuhamara, S.T., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 3. Mycorrhizae in agroforestry: a case study. Biotropica 1: 53–57.
[623]Skeffington, M.J.S., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 2. Soils from cultivated stands. Biotropica 1: 46–52.
[707]Torquebiau, E.F., 1984. Man-made dipterocarp forest in Sumatra. Agroforestry Systems 2: 103–127.
[708]Torquebiau, E.F., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 1. Introduction. Biotropica 1: 42–45.
[719]Umboh, M.I.J., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 4. Storage and germination tests on Shorea javanica seeds. Biotropica 1: 58–66.
[743]van Slooten, D.F., 1949. Sertulum dipterocarpacearum Malayensium IV. Bulletin of the Botanical Garden, Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 18: 229–269.
[748]van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & de Wilde, W.J.J.O. (Editors), 1950–. Flora Malesiana. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London.
[204]Elouard, C., 1989. Notes on some Fusarium and Cylindrocarpon on Dipterocarpaceae of Indonesia. Biotropica 3: 25–40.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 pp.
[344]Jafarsidik, Y., 1982. Jenis-jenis pohon penghasil damar di Sumatra [Resin producing tree species in Sumatra]. Duta Rimba 8(54): 36–37.
[461]Martawijaya, A. et al., 1986. Indonesian wood atlas. Vol. 1. Forestry Products and Development Centre, Bogor. 166 pp.
[522]Nuhamara, S.T., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 3. Mycorrhizae in agroforestry: a case study. Biotropica 1: 53–57.
[623]Skeffington, M.J.S., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 2. Soils from cultivated stands. Biotropica 1: 46–52.
[707]Torquebiau, E.F., 1984. Man-made dipterocarp forest in Sumatra. Agroforestry Systems 2: 103–127.
[708]Torquebiau, E.F., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 1. Introduction. Biotropica 1: 42–45.
[719]Umboh, M.I.J., 1987. Multidisciplinary research on Shorea javanica 4. Storage and germination tests on Shorea javanica seeds. Biotropica 1: 58–66.
[743]van Slooten, D.F., 1949. Sertulum dipterocarpacearum Malayensium IV. Bulletin of the Botanical Garden, Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 18: 229–269.
[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 javanica Koord. & Valeton. 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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