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| name = ''Shorea''
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| image = Shorea roxburghii.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Shorea roxburghii''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Malvales]]
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| familia = [[Dipterocarpaceae]]
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| subfamilia = [[Dipterocarpoideae]]
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| genus = '''''Shorea'''''
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| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
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| subdivision =
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About 360 species, including:<br/>
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''Shorea academia''<br/>
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''Shorea acuminata''<br/>
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''Shorea acuminatissima''<br/>
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''Shorea affinis''<br/>
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''Shorea agamii''<br/>
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''Shorea albida''<br/>
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''Shorea almon''<br/>
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''Shorea amplexicaulis''<br/>
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''Shorea aptera''<br/>
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''Shorea argentifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea assamica''<br/>
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''Shorea atrinervosa''<br/>
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''Shorea balangeran''<br/>
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''Shorea beccariana''<br/>
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''Shorea bracteolata''<br/>
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''Shorea brunnescens''<br/>
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''Shorea collina''<br/>
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''Shorea compressa''<br/>
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''Shorea congestiflora''<br/>
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''Shorea contorta''<br/>
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''Shorea cordifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea crassa''<br/>
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''Shorea crassifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea curtisii''<br/>
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''Shorea dasyphylla''<br/>
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''Shorea dealbata''<br/>
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''Shorea disticha''<br/>
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''Shorea elliptica''<br/>
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''Shorea exelliptica''<br/>
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''Shorea faguetiana''<br/>
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''Shorea fallax''<br/>
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''Shorea ferruginea''<br/>
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''Shorea foxworthyi''<br/>
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''Shorea gibbosa''<br/>
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''Shorea glauca''<br/>
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''Shorea gratissima''<br/>
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''Shorea guiso''<br/>
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''Shorea havilandii''<br/>
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''Shorea hemsleyana''<br/>
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''Shorea henryana''<br/>
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''Shorea hopeifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea hypochra''<br/>
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''Shorea hypoleuca''<br/>
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''Shorea javanica''<br/>
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''Shorea johorensis''<br/>
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''Shorea kunstleri''<br/>
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''Shorea laevifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea laevis''<br/>
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''Shorea lamellata''<br/>
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''Shorea lepidota''<br/>
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''Shorea leprosula''<br/>
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''Shorea leptoclados''<br/>
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''Shorea leptoderma''<br/>
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''Shorea longisperma''<br/>
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''Shorea macrantha''<br/>
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''Shorea macrophylla''<br/>
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''Shorea macroptera''<br/>
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''Shorea maranti''<br/>
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''Shorea materialis''<br/>
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''Shorea maxima''<br/>
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''Shorea maxwelliana''<br/>
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''Shorea mecistopteryx''<br/>
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''Shorea megistophylla''<br/>
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''Shorea minandensis''<br/>
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''Shorea multiflora''<br/>
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''Shorea negrosensis''<br/>
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''Shorea obtusa''<br/>
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''Shorea ochrophloia''<br/>
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''Shorea ovalis''<br/>
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''Shorea ovata''<br/>
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''Shorea pachyphylla''<br/>
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''Shorea palembanica''<br/>
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''Shorea parvifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea parvistipulata''<br/>
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''Shorea pauciflora''<br/>
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''Shorea pinanga''<br/>
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''Shorea plagata''<br/>
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''Shorea platyclados''<br/>
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''Shorea polyandra''<br/>
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''Shorea polysperma''<br/>
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''Shorea quadrinervis''<br/>
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''Shorea resinosa''<br/>
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''Shorea retinodes''<br/>
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''[[Sal|Shorea robusta]]''<br/>
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''[[Shorea roxburghii]]''<br/>
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''Shorea rugosa''<br/>
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''Shorea scabrida''<br/>
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''Shorea selanica''<br/>
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''Shorea seminis''<br/>
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''Shorea sericeiflora''<br/>
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''Shorea siamensis''<br/>
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''Shorea singkawang''<br/>
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''Shorea smithiana''<br/>
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''Shorea splendida''<br/>
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''Shorea squamata''<br/>
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''Shorea stenoptera'' ([[Illipe]] ?)<br/>
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''Shorea stipularis''<br/>
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''Shorea submontana''<br/>
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''Shorea sumatrana''<br/>
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''Shorea superba''<br/>
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''Shorea talura''<br/>
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''[[Shorea teysmanniana]]''<br/>
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''Shorea thorelii''<br/>
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''Shorea trapezifolia''<br/>
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''Shorea tumbuggaia''<br/>
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''Shorea uliginosa''<br/>
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''Shorea virescens''<br/>
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''Shorea wiesneri'' ([[Dammar]] ?)<br/>
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''Shorea xanthophylla''<br/>
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''Shorea zeylanica''<br/>
   
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'''''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>.
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===Pests and diseases===
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'''''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]].
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==Species==
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See [[List of Shorea species]].
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==Timbers==
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==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''.
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The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.  
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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! Genus & section
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! Species
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| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Shorea''
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| ''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''
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| '''Balau'''
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| heavy hardwood
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| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Almon''
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| ''S. almon<br/> S. contorta<br/> S. leprosula<br/> S. leptoclados<br/> S. smithiana''
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| '''Almon'''
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| light red to pink
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| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Anthoshorea''
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| ''S. assamica<br/> S. assamica<br/> S. bracteolata<br/> S. dealbata<br/> S. hypochra<br/> S. javanica<br/> S. lamellata<br/> S. maranti''
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| '''White Meranti'''
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| light hardwood
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| ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Richetia''
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| ''S. acuminatissima<br/> S. faguetiana<br/> S. gibbosa<br/> S. hopeifolia<br/> S. multiflora''
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| '''Yellow Meranti'''
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| light hardwood
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Shorea]]'' sect. ''Rubroshorea''
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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.
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| '''Dark red Meranti''' (Meranti bukit)
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| light hardwood
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| ''S. acuminata<br/> S. dasyphylla<br/> S. johorensis<br/> S. lepidota<br/> S. parvifolia''
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| '''Light red Meranti'''
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| light hardwood
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| ''S. balangeran<br/> S. collina<br/> S. guiso<br/> S. kunstleri<br/> S. ochrophloia<br/> S. plagata''<br/>
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| '''Red Balau'''
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| heavy hardwood
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| ''[[Shorea]]''
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| ''S. macroptera''
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| '''Melantai'''
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| light hardwood
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| ''S. negrosensis''
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| '''Red Lauan'''
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| ''[[Shorea]]''
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| ''S. ovata''
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| '''Tianong'''
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| light red to light red-brown
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| ''[[Shorea]]''
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| ''S. platyclados''
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| '''Meranti Bukit'''
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| light hardwood
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| ''S. polysperma''
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| '''Tanguile'''
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| ''[[Shorea]]''
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| ''[[Sal|S. robusta]]''
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| ''S. squamata''
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| '''Mayapis'''
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| ''[[Shorea]]''
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| ''S. uliginosa''
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| '''Meranti Bakau'''
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