Shorea parvistipulata Heim,
Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2 (1891)
Latin for 'small stipules'.
Synonyms
Shorea nebulosa Meijer
Description
Emergent tree up to 70 m tall and 112 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up
to ca. 14 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, petiole and lower
surface with scales, feeling like sand paper, lower surface often slightly
glaucous. Flowers ca. 14 mm in diameter, yellow-pink, placed in panicles. Fruits
ca. 21 mm long, green-pink, with three ca. 106 mm long wings, wind dispersed.
Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 1500 m altitude. Mostly on
hillsides and ridges with clay soils, rarely on sand soils. In secondary forests
usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
Uses
The timber is used.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West- and East-Kalimantan).
Local names in Borneo
Engkabanh pinang, Engkabang tukul, Kenuar kapas, Meranti, Rangu, Seraya lupa,
Seraya merah, Tahan lutup, Tengerawan kuning.
