Shorea ovalis (Korth.) Bl., Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 (1852)
Latin for 'oval or egg-shaped'.

Synonyms
Hopea aspera de Vriese, Shorea eximia Scheff., Shorea eximia var. angustifolia Burck, Shorea fusca Burck, Shorea rigida Brandis, Shorea sericea Dyer, Shorea sublacunosa Scheff., Vatica eximia Miq., Vatica ovalis Korth., Vatica sublacunosa Miq.

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 49 m tall and 138 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 13 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, very narrow and elongate, petiole and lower surface scaly, feeling like sand paper. Flowers ca. 12 mm in diameter, white-yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 12 mm long, reddish, with three ca. 78 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 700 m altitude. Usually on hillsides and ridges, rarely alluvial. Mostly on (coarse) sandy to clayey soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used.

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

Local names in Borneo
Damar bakalon, damar salemsung, Damar putang, Lampong, Lampung merambung, Lempong rasa, Meranti luang, Meselurang, Perewan lilin, Sebang gunung putih, Seraya, Seraya kepong, Tahan letup, Tegerangan merah, Tekam padi.