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Shorea is a genus of about 196 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus is named after Sir John Shore, the Governor-General of the British East India Company, 1793-1798. They are native to southeast Asia, from Northern India to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. In west Malesia and the Philippines this genus dominates the skyline of the tropical forests. The tallest documented tropical angiosperm is a 88.3-metre-tall Shorea faguetiana in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo, and in that park at least five other species of the genus have been measured to be over 80 m tall: S. argentifolia, S. gibbosa, S. johorensis, S. smithiana and S. superba^[1]. Borneo is also the hotspot of Shorea diversity with 138 species, of which 91 are endemic to the island^[2].

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See List of Shorea species.

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References

↑ Eastern Native Tree Society
↑ Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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[1] Eastern Native Tree Society

[Ashton-2] Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3

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+|image=Shorea roxburghii.jpg
-|image_width=240
+|image_width=180
-}}
+|image_caption=''Shorea roxburghii''
-{{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:<br/>
-''Shorea academia''<br/>
-''Shorea acuminata''<br/>
-''Shorea acuminatissima''<br/>
-''Shorea affinis''<br/>
-''Shorea agamii''<br/>
-''Shorea albida''<br/>
-''Shorea almon''<br/>
-''Shorea amplexicaulis''<br/>
-''Shorea aptera''<br/>
-''Shorea argentifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea assamica''<br/>
-''Shorea atrinervosa''<br/>
-''Shorea balangeran''<br/>
-''Shorea beccariana''<br/>
-''Shorea bracteolata''<br/>
-''Shorea brunnescens''<br/>
-''Shorea collina''<br/>
-''Shorea compressa''<br/>
-''Shorea congestiflora''<br/>
-''Shorea contorta''<br/>
-''Shorea cordifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea crassa''<br/>
-''Shorea crassifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea curtisii''<br/>
-''Shorea dasyphylla''<br/>
-''Shorea dealbata''<br/>
-''Shorea disticha''<br/>
-''Shorea elliptica''<br/>
-''Shorea exelliptica''<br/>
-''Shorea faguetiana''<br/>
-''Shorea fallax''<br/>
-''Shorea ferruginea''<br/>
-''Shorea foxworthyi''<br/>
-''Shorea gibbosa''<br/>
-''Shorea glauca''<br/>
-''Shorea gratissima''<br/>
-''Shorea guiso''<br/>
-''Shorea havilandii''<br/>
-''Shorea hemsleyana''<br/>
-''Shorea henryana''<br/>
-''Shorea hopeifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea hypochra''<br/>
-''Shorea hypoleuca''<br/>
-''Shorea javanica''<br/>
-''Shorea johorensis''<br/>
-''Shorea kunstleri''<br/>
-''Shorea laevifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea laevis''<br/>
-''Shorea lamellata''<br/>
-''Shorea lepidota''<br/>
-''Shorea leprosula''<br/>
-''Shorea leptoclados''<br/>
-''Shorea leptoderma''<br/>
-''Shorea longisperma''<br/>
-''Shorea macrantha''<br/>
-''Shorea macrophylla''<br/>
-''Shorea macroptera''<br/>
-''Shorea maranti''<br/>
-''Shorea materialis''<br/>
-''Shorea maxima''<br/>
-''Shorea maxwelliana''<br/>
-''Shorea mecistopteryx''<br/>
-''Shorea megistophylla''<br/>
-''Shorea minandensis''<br/>
-''Shorea multiflora''<br/>
-''Shorea negrosensis''<br/>
-''Shorea obtusa''<br/>
-''Shorea ochrophloia''<br/>
-''Shorea ovalis''<br/>
-''Shorea ovata''<br/>
-''Shorea pachyphylla''<br/>
-''Shorea palembanica''<br/>
-''Shorea parvifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea parvistipulata''<br/>
-''Shorea pauciflora''<br/>
-''Shorea pinanga''<br/>
-''Shorea plagata''<br/>
-''Shorea platyclados''<br/>
-''Shorea polyandra''<br/>
-''Shorea polysperma''<br/>
-''Shorea quadrinervis''<br/>
-''Shorea resinosa''<br/>
-''Shorea retinodes''<br/>
-''[[Sal|Shorea robusta]]''<br/>
-''[[Shorea roxburghii]]''<br/>
-''Shorea rugosa''<br/>
-''Shorea scabrida''<br/>
-''Shorea selanica''<br/>
-''Shorea seminis''<br/>
-''Shorea sericeiflora''<br/>
-''Shorea siamensis''<br/>
-''Shorea singkawang''<br/>
-''Shorea smithiana''<br/>
-''Shorea splendida''<br/>
-''Shorea squamata''<br/>
-''Shorea stenoptera'' ([[Illipe]] ?)<br/>
-''Shorea stipularis''<br/>
-''Shorea submontana''<br/>
-''Shorea sumatrana''<br/>
-''Shorea superba''<br/>
-''Shorea talura''<br/>
-''[[Shorea teysmanniana]]''<br/>
-''Shorea thorelii''<br/>
-''Shorea trapezifolia''<br/>
-''Shorea tumbuggaia''<br/>
-''Shorea uliginosa''<br/>
-''Shorea virescens''<br/>
-''Shorea wiesneri'' ([[Dammar]] ?)<br/>
-''Shorea xanthophylla''<br/>
-''Shorea zeylanica''<br/>
 }}
+'''''Shorea''''' is a [[genus]] of about 196 [[species]] of mainly [[rainforest]] [[trees]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Dipterocarpaceae]]. The genus is named after Sir John Shore, the Governor-General of the [[British East India Company]], 1793-1798. They are native to southeast [[Asia]], from Northern [[India]] to [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] and the [[Philippines]]. In west [[Malesia]] and the Philippines this genus dominates the skyline of the [[tropical]] [[forest]]s. The tallest documented tropical [[angiosperm]] is a 88.3-metre-tall ''[[Shorea faguetiana]]'' in the [[Tawau Hills National Park]], in [[Sabah]] on the island of [[Borneo]], and in that park at least five other species of the genus have been measured to be over 80 m tall: ''[[Shorea argentifolia|S. argentifolia]]'', ''[[Shorea gibbosa|S. gibbosa]]'', ''[[Shorea johorensis|S. johorensis]]'', ''[[Shorea smithiana|S. smithiana]]'' and ''[[Shorea superba|S. superba]]''<ref>[http://www.nativetreesociety.org/worldtrees/sea_ei/borneo_ii.htm Eastern Native Tree Society]</ref>. Borneo is also the hotspot of ''Shorea'' diversity with 138 species, of which 91 are [[Endemism|endemic]] to the island<ref name = Ashton>Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In ''Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak,'' Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3</ref>.
+==Cultivation==
+===Propagation===
+===Pests and diseases===
-'''''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]].
+==Species==
+See [[List of Shorea species]].
-==Timbers==
+==Gallery==
-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''.
+<gallery perrow=5>
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
+Image:Upload.png| photo 2
+Image:Upload.png| photo 3
+</gallery>
-The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.
+==References==
+<references/>
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
+<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
+<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
-{| border="1" align="center"
+==External links==
-|- bgcolor="#D05A3A"
+*{{wplink}}
-! Genus & section
-! Species
-! Wood name
-! Wood colour
-! Wood type
-|-
-| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Shorea''
-| ''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'''
-|
-| heavy hardwood
-|-
-| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Almon''
-| ''S. almon<br/> S. contorta<br/> S. leprosula<br/> S. leptoclados<br/> S. smithiana''
-| '''Almon'''
-| light red to pink
-|
-|-
-| ''[[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'''
-|
-| light hardwood
-|-
-| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Richetia''
-| ''S. acuminatissima<br/> S. faguetiana<br/> S. gibbosa<br/> S. hopeifolia<br/> S. multiflora''
-| '''Yellow Meranti'''
-|
-| light hardwood
-|-
-| rowspan="3" | ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Rubroshorea''
-| ''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)
-|
-| light hardwood
-|-
-| ''S. acuminata<br/> S. dasyphylla<br/> S. johorensis<br/> S. lepidota<br/> S. parvifolia''
-| '''Light red Meranti'''
-|
-| light hardwood
-|-
-| ''S. balangeran<br/> S. collina<br/> S. guiso<br/> S. kunstleri<br/> S. ochrophloia<br/> S. plagata''<br/>
-| '''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]]
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Wood]]
+__NOTOC__