Shorea bracteolata Dyer, Fl. Br. Ind. 1 (1874)

Synonyms
Shorea foveolata Scort. ex Foxw.

Diagnostics
Emergent tree up to 51 m tall and 103 cm dbh. Stem with resin. Stipules up to ca. 10 mm long. Leaves alternate, simple, penni-veined, usually glabrous. Flowers ca. 20 mm in diameter, yellow, placed in panicles. Fruits ca. 20 mm long, green, with three ca. 100 mm long wings, wind dispersed.

Description
Medium-sized to large tree. All parts at first sparsely pale brown pubescent, surfaces covered with a scurfy waxy deposit; becoming glabrous except for the pubescent bud and panicle. Twig to 2 mm diameter apically, somewhat compressed, becoming smooth, glabrous; stipule scars short, inconspicuous. Bud 3-5 by 2 mm, shortly falcate, compressed, subacute. Stipule c. 1 cm long, linear, fugaceous. Leaf 9-14 by 4-6 cm, oblong-ovate to elliptic. +/- thinly coriaceous; base obtuse; acumen 8-15 mm long; nerves 12-15 pairs, slender, curved, at c. 60-70; tertiary nerves distant, scalariform to subreticulate; petiole 1-2 cm long, slender. Panicle to 10 cm long, terminal or axillary, slender, terete, straight, usually singly branched; bracteoles to 12 by 5 mm, lanceolate, sparsely pubescent. Flower bud to 10 by 5 mm, ellipsoid, obtuse. Calyx densely pubescent outside, sparsely so within; 3 outer lobes broadly ovate-hastate, obtuse; 2 inner lobes narrowly ovate, acuminate, slightly shorter, thinner. Petals pale yellow tinged pink at base within, large, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shortly pubescent on parts exposed in bud. Stamens 15, the inner 5 somewhat longer than the outer 10; filaments broad, compressed at base, tapering gradually and filiform distally; anthers narrowly oblong; appendage to connective 3-4 times length of anther, slender, scabrous. Ovary ovoid, sparsely pubescent towards apex; style c. 2 times length of ovary, distinctly trifid towards apex. Fruit calyx puberulent, +/- glabrescent; 3 longer lobes to 10 by 1.7 cm, spatulate, obtuse, to 4-5 mm broad above the c. 10 by 7 mm thickened saccate base; 2 shorter lobes 5-8 by 0.7 cm, unequal and sometimes almost as long as the larger lobes, spatulate, obtuse, similar at base. Nut c. 2 by 1 cm, narrowly ovoid; style remnant to 4 mm long, acute, short. [from Flora Malesiana]

Ecology
In undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests up to 600 m altitude. Usually on alluvial sites and swamps, sometimes on hillsides and ridges. On clay soils and deep well drained soils.

Uses
The timber is used.

Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Local names
Borneo: Benyau, Bunjau, Lampong bahei, Lampong mit, Lampong merahan, Lempong, Melapi, Melapi paang, Meranti, Meranti bukit, Palapak batu.
Malaysia: Meranti pa'ang, Meranti ketapak, Segor, Meluit, Membantai, Sama rupa meranti, Sepa petoi, Temak.
Sumatra: Kedontang, Kedontang abang, Meranti kasih, Meranti kunyit, Meranti kepala, Manisan.