Vatica odorata (Griff.) Sym., J. Mal. Br. R. As. Soc. 19 (1941)
Latin for 'fragrant'.

Synonyms
Anispotera odorata Kurz, Hopea faginea Wall., Hopea grandiflora Wall. ex DC, Shorea pinangiana Wall., Sunaptea astrotricha Pierre, Sunaptea dyeri Pierre, Sunaptea faginea Pierre, Sunaptera odorata Griff., Synaptea grandiflora Kurz, Vatica aerea Sloot, Vatica astrotricha Hance, Vatica curtisii King, Vatica dyeri Pierre ex Laness., Vatica faginea Dyer, Vatica fleuryana Tardieu, Vatica grandiflora Dyer, Vatica mindanensis Foxw. in Elm., Vatica sorsogonensis Foxw., Vatica tonkinensis Tardieu

Description
Mid-canopy tree up to 40 m tall and 91 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules ca. 8 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, petioles often with long hairs. Flowers ca. 11 mm in diameter, white-yellow-pink, placed in panicles. Fruit ca. 7 mm long, green-yellow-red, with two ca. 64 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 900 m altitude. Usually on ridges with sandy to clayey soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.

Uses
The timber is used.

Distribution
South China, Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, West-, South- and East-Kalimantan), Philippines.

Local names in Borneo
Damar batu, Resak, Resak biabas, Resak gunung, Resak padi, Tjangal padi.