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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:<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 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<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]]
[[Category:Wood]]
| 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 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<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]]
[[Category:Wood]]
