Shorea leprosula Miq.,
Sum. (1860)
Latin for 'finely scaled'.
Synonyms
Hopea maranti Miq., Shorea astrosticta Scort. ex Foxw.,
Shorea maranti Burck
Description
Emergent tree up to 54 mm tall and 161 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up
to ca. 10 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, with conspicuous
domatia running along the midrib and base of the secondary veins. Flowers ca. 11
mm in diameter, white-yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 17 mm long,
green-yellow-pink, with three ca. 75 mm long wings, wind dispersed.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 700 m altitude. On alluvial
and dry sites (hillsides and ridges) on clayey to sandy soils, also on
limestone. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant
tree.
Uses
The timber is used.
Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Central-,
South- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Kontoi, Lampong, Lempong kumbang, Lentang, Lentang bari, Lentang mahambung,
Meranti temaga, Perawan lop, Seraya, Seraya tembaga
