Hopea micrantha Hook.f., Trans. Lin. Soc. 23 (1860)
Latin for 'small flowered'.

Synonyms
Hancea micrantha Pierre

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 48 m tall and 90 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 2 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, with inconspicuous secondary veins placed close together. Flowers ca. 3 mm in diameter, white-yellow, placed in small panicles. Fruits ca. 10 mm long, red-green, with two ca. 50 mm long wings.

Ecology
Mostly in undisturbed keranga forests and freshwater swamps up to 500 m altitude Usually on poor (white) sand soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used.

Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Merawan kerangas, Selangan.