Shorea

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Shorea roxburghii
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Dipterocarpaceae Subfamily: Dipterocarpoideae Genus: Shorea
Species
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 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 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.

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
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	S. robusta	Sal
Shorea	S. squamata	Mayapis	light red to red-brown
Shorea	S. uliginosa	Meranti Bakau		light hardwood