Shorea coriacea Burck, Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg. 6 (1887)
Latin for 'leathery', referring to the leaves.

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 44 m tall and 92 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 20 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, long petioled, leathery, glabrous leaves. Flowers ca. 12 mm in diameter, yellow-pink, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 18 mm long, green-red, with three ca. 90 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp, sub-montane and keranga forests up to 1300 m altitude. Usually on poor sandy soils, ultrabasic soils or on limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
Timber is used.

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

Local names in Borneo
Damar benua, Lampong mengkabang, Meranti, Meranti jurai, Meranti tangkai panjang, Samar benua, Seraya.