Shorea hypochra

Short description: Species of tree

Shorea hypochra

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malvales
Family:  | Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:  | Shorea
Species:  |

S. hypochra

Binomial name
Shorea hypochra

Hance[1]

Synonyms

* Shorea crassifolia Ridley
* Shorea maritima Pierre

Shorea hypochra called, along with some other species in the genus Shorea, white meranti, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It grows naturally in Cambodia, Sumatra, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Uses
* 4 References

## Description

A very large tree up to 60 m tall with bole branchless for 24–30 m and up to 165 cm in diameter; leaves ovate to elliptical, 7–18 cm x 4.5–8 cm, thickly leathery, with 15-20 pairs of secondary veins, lower surface cream lepidote, petiole 2–4 cm long; stamens 15, stylopidium absent; larger fruit calyx lobes up to 17 cm x 2.6 cm. S. hypochra occurs on flat and undulating land near the coast or in seasonal dipterocarp forest at low latitude. The density of the wood is 530–865 kg/mᶟ at 15% moisture content.

## Distribution

Indo-China towards Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau and Lingga Archipelago.

## Uses

The timber is used as white meranti. A dammar of good quality ('dammar temak') has been yielded on a commercial scale.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyen, H.N.; Luu, H.T.; Vu, V.D.; Newman, M.F.; Pooma, R.; Hoang, V.S.; Khou, E.; Ly, V. et al. (2017). "Shorea hypochra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T33117A2832944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T33117A2832944.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33117/2832944. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

* [PROSEA] Plant Resource of South-East Asia 5. 1994a. (1)Timber Trees: Major commercial timbers. PROSEA, Bogor.

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