Kingdom Plantae Family Dipterocarpaceae Scientific name Shorea hypochra | Order Malvales Genus Shorea Rank Species | |
Similar Shorea bracteolata, Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, Shorea glauca, Dipterocarpus costatus, Shorea congestiflora | ||
Shorea hypochra HanceJourn Bot. 14: 242 (1876)
Synonyms Shorea maritima Pierre (1886), Shorea crassifolia Ridley (1992).
Vernacular names Malaysia: Meranti temak, temak bunga, terbak paya (Peninsular).Cambodia Kôki:(r) lu:ëng, kôki:(r) phno:ng, lum'-baô.Thailand: bak hin (peninsular), phanong, phanong yuak (south-eastern). Vietnam: v[ee]n v[ee]n.
Distribution Indo-China towards Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau and Lingga Archipelago.
Uses The timber is used as white meranti. A dammar og good quality ('dammar temak') has been yielded on a commercial scale.
Observation 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. See also the table on wood properties.
Shorea hypochra (also called White Meranti) is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is found in Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.