Shorea hypochra
Shorea hypochra called, along with some other species in the genus Shorea, white meranti, is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
| Shorea hypochra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Shorea |
| Species: | S. hypochra |
| Binomial name | |
| Shorea hypochra Hance, 1876 | |
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Description
A very large tree up to 60 m tall with bole branchless for 24–30 m and up to 165 cm in diameter; leaves ovate to elliptical, 7–18 cm x 4.5–8 cm, thickly leathery, with 15-20 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface cream lepidote, petiole 2–4 cm long; stamens 15, stylopidium absent; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 17 cm x 2.6 cm. S. hypochra occurs on flat and undulating land near the coast or in seasonal dipterocarp forest at low latitude. The density of the wood is 530–865 kg/mᶟ at 15% moisture content.
Distribution
Indo-China towards Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau and Lingga Archipelago.
Uses
The timber is used as white meranti. A dammar of good quality ('dammar temak') has been yielded on a commercial scale.
References
- Ashton, P. 1998. Shorea hypochra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
- [PROSEA] Plant Resource of South-East Asia 5. 1994a. (1)Timber Trees: Major commercial timbers. PROSEA, Bogor.