Record Number
3819
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(1): Timber trees; Major commercial timbers
Taxon
Shorea gibbosa Brandis
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (yellow meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Shorea (yellow meranti) in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Protologue
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31: 99 (1895).
Synonyms
Hopea grisea Brandis (1895).
Vernacular Names
Brunei: lun gajah. Indonesia: damar buah, damar buah hitam gelung (southern Sumatra), mereng-kuyung (West Kalimantan). Malaysia: damar hitam gajah (Peninsular), lun gajah (Sarawak), seraya kuning gajah (Sabah).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Uses
The timber is used as yellow meranti. Shorea gibbosa is a source for illipe nuts.
Observations
A very large tree up to 75 m tall with bole branchless to a fair height and up to 160 cm in diameter, with large buttresses up to 5 m high, twigs silvery-brown, striate; leaves ovate, 5—13 cm 2—6 cm, papery, with 7—9 pairs of secondary veins, petiole 8—12(—16) mm long; stamens 15, stylopodium indistinct; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 9 cm 2 cm. Shorea gibbosa is locally common on flat or undulating land with deep clay-rich soils up to 650 m altitude. The density of the wood is 400—815 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content.
Selected Sources
[31]Ashton, P.S., 1968. A manual of the dipterocarp trees of Brunei State and of Sarawak. Supplement. Borneo Literature Bureau, Kuching. viii + 129 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.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 pp.
[476]Meijer, W. & Wood, G.H.S., 1964. Dipterocarps of Sabah (North Borneo). Sabah Forest Records No 5. Forest Department, Sandakan. 344 pp.
[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.
[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.
[258]Fundter, J.M., 1982. Names for dipterocarp timbers and trees from Asia. Pudoc, Wageningen. 251 pp.
[476]Meijer, W. & Wood, G.H.S., 1964. Dipterocarps of Sabah (North Borneo). Sabah Forest Records No 5. Forest Department, Sandakan. 344 pp.
[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 gibbosa Brandis. 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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