Shorea

Shorea

Shorea roxburghii

Plant Info

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