Shorea parvifolia Dyer, Fl. Br. Ind. 1 (1874)
Latin for 'small leaves'.

Synonyms
Shorea gentilis Parijs, Shorea scutulata King

Description
Upper canopy tree up to 49 m tall and 104 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 12 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, with or without domatia at basal secondary veins. Flowers ca. 9 mm in diameter, white-yellow-red, plaved in panicles. Fruits ca. 10 mm long, green-pink, with three ca. 57 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1100 m altitude. On alluvial (swamps and riversides) and dry (hillsides and ridges) sites with clayey to sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used.

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

Local names in Borneo
Awang belah, Dangar burau, Dangar siak, Kontoi, Kontoi Burong, Lampong, Lampung beras, Lampung nasi, Lampung tembaga, Lentang kareket, Merangan, Merangan nasi, Meranti ijok, Meranti lop, Meranti samak, Meranti sarang punai, Meranti umbut, Perawan, Perawan lop, Ponga behaya, Ponga payur, Ponga pipit, Rotang bari, Rotang bayo, Rotang lawah, Sawang puteh, Seraya punai, Tongga rumut.