Shorea bracteolata Dyer, Fl. Br. Ind. 1 (1874)
Latin for 'clear small bracts'.

Synonyms
Shorea foveolata Scort. ex Foxw.

Description
Emergent tree up to 51 m tall and 103 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 10 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually glabrous. Flowers ca. 20 mm in diameter, yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 20 mm long, green, with three ca. 100 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites and swamps, sometimes on hillsides and ridges. On clay soils. In secondary forest usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, Central- and East-Kalimantan).

Local names in Borneo
Benyau, Bunjau, Lampong bahei, Lampong mit, Lampong merahan, Lempong, Melapi, Melapi paang, Meranti, Meranti bukit, Palapak batu.