Shorea - Revision history

Raffi at 23:05, 28 May 2010

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Murali.lalitha at 16:30, 28 May 2010

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Envoy at 09:28, 9 October 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Shorea''
| image = Shorea roxburghii.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''Shorea roxburghii''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Dipterocarpaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Dipterocarpoideae]]
| genus = '''''Shorea'''''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
About 360 species, including: 
''Shorea academia'' 
''Shorea acuminata'' 
''Shorea acuminatissima'' 
''Shorea affinis'' 
''Shorea agamii'' 
''Shorea albida'' 
''Shorea almon'' 
''Shorea amplexicaulis'' 
''Shorea aptera'' 
''Shorea argentifolia'' 
''Shorea assamica'' 
''Shorea atrinervosa'' 
''Shorea balangeran'' 
''Shorea beccariana'' 
''Shorea bracteolata'' 
''Shorea brunnescens'' 
''Shorea collina'' 
''Shorea compressa'' 
''Shorea congestiflora'' 
''Shorea contorta'' 
''Shorea cordifolia'' 
''Shorea crassa'' 
''Shorea crassifolia'' 
''Shorea curtisii'' 
''Shorea dasyphylla'' 
''Shorea dealbata'' 
''Shorea disticha'' 
''Shorea elliptica'' 
''Shorea exelliptica'' 
''Shorea faguetiana'' 
''Shorea fallax'' 
''Shorea ferruginea'' 
''Shorea foxworthyi'' 
''Shorea gibbosa'' 
''Shorea glauca'' 
''Shorea gratissima'' 
''Shorea guiso'' 
''Shorea havilandii'' 
''Shorea hemsleyana'' 
''Shorea henryana'' 
''Shorea hopeifolia'' 
''Shorea hypochra'' 
''Shorea hypoleuca'' 
''Shorea javanica'' 
''Shorea johorensis'' 
''Shorea kunstleri'' 
''Shorea laevifolia'' 
''Shorea laevis'' 
''Shorea lamellata'' 
''Shorea lepidota'' 
''Shorea leprosula'' 
''Shorea leptoclados'' 
''Shorea leptoderma'' 
''Shorea longisperma'' 
''Shorea macrantha'' 
''Shorea macrophylla'' 
''Shorea macroptera'' 
''Shorea maranti'' 
''Shorea materialis'' 
''Shorea maxima'' 
''Shorea maxwelliana'' 
''Shorea mecistopteryx'' 
''Shorea megistophylla'' 
''Shorea minandensis'' 
''Shorea multiflora'' 
''Shorea negrosensis'' 
''Shorea obtusa'' 
''Shorea ochrophloia'' 
''Shorea ovalis'' 
''Shorea ovata'' 
''Shorea pachyphylla'' 
''Shorea palembanica'' 
''Shorea parvifolia'' 
''Shorea parvistipulata'' 
''Shorea pauciflora'' 
''Shorea pinanga'' 
''Shorea plagata'' 
''Shorea platyclados'' 
''Shorea polyandra'' 
''Shorea polysperma'' 
''Shorea quadrinervis'' 
''Shorea resinosa'' 
''Shorea retinodes'' 
''[[Sal|Shorea robusta]]'' 
''[[Shorea roxburghii]]'' 
''Shorea rugosa'' 
''Shorea scabrida'' 
''Shorea selanica'' 
''Shorea seminis'' 
''Shorea sericeiflora'' 
''Shorea siamensis'' 
''Shorea singkawang'' 
''Shorea smithiana'' 
''Shorea splendida'' 
''Shorea squamata'' 
''Shorea stenoptera'' ([[Illipe]] ?) 
''Shorea stipularis'' 
''Shorea submontana'' 
''Shorea sumatrana'' 
''Shorea superba'' 
''Shorea talura'' 
''[[Shorea teysmanniana]]'' 
''Shorea thorelii'' 
''Shorea trapezifolia'' 
''Shorea tumbuggaia'' 
''Shorea uliginosa'' 
''Shorea virescens'' 
''Shorea wiesneri'' ([[Dammar]] ?) 
''Shorea xanthophylla'' 
''Shorea zeylanica'' 
}}

'''''Shorea''''' is a [[genus]] of 360 [[species]] of mainly [[rainforest]] [[trees]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Dipterocarpaceae]]. They are native to southeast [[Asia]], from Northern [[India]] to [[Malesia]], [[Indonesia]] and the [[Philippines]].

==Timbers==
Many economically important [[timber]] trees belong to ''Shorea''. They are sold under various trade names including Meranti, Lauan (or Luan), Seraya, Balau, Bangkirai etc. The alluringly-named "Philippine Mahogany" sold in North America is not a [[mahogany]] at all, but actually a mixture of woods from the genus ''Shorea''.

The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.

{| border="1" align="center"
|- bgcolor="#D05A3A"
! Genus & section
! Species
! Wood name
! Wood colour
! Wood type
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Shorea''
| ''S. atrinervosa S. brunnescens S. crassa S. exelliptica S. foxworthyi S. glauca S. havilandii S. laevis S. leptoderma S. materialis S. maxwelliana S. seminis S. submontana S. sumatrana S. superba''
| '''Balau'''
|  
| heavy hardwood
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Almon''
| ''S. almon S. contorta S. leprosula S. leptoclados S. smithiana''
| '''Almon'''
| light red to pink
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Anthoshorea''
| ''S. assamica S. assamica S. bracteolata S. dealbata S. hypochra S. javanica S. lamellata S. maranti''
| '''White Meranti'''
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Richetia''
| ''S. acuminatissima S. faguetiana S. gibbosa S. hopeifolia S. multiflora''
| '''Yellow Meranti'''
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Rubroshorea''
| ''S. curtisii S. hemsleyana S. macrantha S. pauciflora S. platyclados S. rugosa, S. singkawang'' 4 other spp.
| '''Dark red Meranti''' (Meranti bukit)
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| ''S. acuminata S. dasyphylla S. johorensis S. lepidota S. parvifolia''
| '''Light red Meranti'''
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| ''S. balangeran S. collina S. guiso S. kunstleri S. ochrophloia S. plagata'' 
| '''Red Balau'''
|  
| heavy hardwood
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. macroptera''
| '''Melantai'''
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. negrosensis''
| '''Red Lauan'''
| dark red-brown to brick red
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. ovata''
| '''Tianong'''
| light red to light red-brown
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. platyclados''
| '''Meranti Bukit'''
|  
| light hardwood
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. polysperma''
| '''Tanguile'''
| red to red-brown
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''[[Sal|S. robusta]]''
| '''[[Sal]]'''
|  
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. squamata''
| '''Mayapis'''
| light red to red-brown
|  
|-
| ''[[Shorea]]''
| ''S. uliginosa''
| '''Meranti Bakau'''
|  
| light hardwood
|}

[[Category:Dipterocarpaceae]]
[[Category:Wood]]

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 {{Taxobox
 | color = lightgreen
@@ Line 145: / Line 154: @@
 | ''S. atrinervosa<br/> S. brunnescens<br/> S. crassa<br/> S. exelliptica<br/> S. foxworthyi<br/> S. glauca<br/> S. havilandii<br/> S. laevis<br/> S. leptoderma<br/> S. materialis<br/> S. maxwelliana<br/> S. seminis<br/> S. submontana<br/> S. sumatrana<br/> S. superba''
 | '''Balau'''
-| &nbsp;
 | heavy hardwood
 |-
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 | '''Almon'''
 | light red to pink
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Anthoshorea''
 | ''S. assamica<br/> S. assamica<br/> S. bracteolata<br/> S. dealbata<br/> S. hypochra<br/> S. javanica<br/> S. lamellata<br/> S. maranti''
 | '''White Meranti'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
@@ Line 163: / Line 172: @@
 | ''S. acuminatissima<br/> S. faguetiana<br/> S. gibbosa<br/> S. hopeifolia<br/> S. multiflora''
 | '''Yellow Meranti'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
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 | ''S. curtisii<br/> S. hemsleyana<br/> S. macrantha<br/> S. pauciflora<br/> S. platyclados<br/> S. rugosa,<br/> S. singkawang''<br/> 4 other spp.
 | '''Dark red Meranti''' (Meranti bukit)
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
 | ''S. acuminata<br/> S. dasyphylla<br/> S. johorensis<br/> S. lepidota<br/> S. parvifolia''
 | '''Light red Meranti'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
 | ''S. balangeran<br/> S. collina<br/> S. guiso<br/> S. kunstleri<br/> S. ochrophloia<br/> S. plagata''<br/>
 | '''Red Balau'''
-| &nbsp;
 | heavy hardwood
 |-
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 | ''S. macroptera''
 | '''Melantai'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
@@ Line 192: / Line 201: @@
 | '''Red Lauan'''
 | dark red-brown to brick red
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]''
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 | '''Tianong'''
 | light red to light red-brown
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]''
 | ''S. platyclados''
 | '''Meranti Bukit'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |-
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 | '''Tanguile'''
 | red to red-brown
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]''
 | ''[[Sal|S. robusta]]''
 | '''[[Sal]]'''
-| &nbsp;
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]''
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 | '''Mayapis'''
 | light red to red-brown
-| &nbsp;
 |-
 | ''[[Shorea]]''
 | ''S. uliginosa''
 | '''Meranti Bakau'''
-| &nbsp;
 | light hardwood
 |}