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Meranti sarang punai - Shorea parvifolia Dyer ssp. parvifolia - Dipterocarpaceae [1]
Other names:
Seraya punai (Malay, Sabah), Light red meranti, White lauan (English) [1]
General information:
A large forest tree up to 65 m (210 ft) tall with a wide crown [2]
Distinguish botanical characteristics:
Leaf – alternate, simple, penni-veined [2]
Fruit – 10 mm long, green-pink, with three ca. 57 mm long wings, wind dispersed [2]
Heartwood – light red to pink or pink-brown, with white resin streaks [3]
Uses:
Medicinal uses – none known
Wood – major source of the timber ‘Light Red Meranti’, used for panelling, joinery, light carpentry, furniture, plywood, crates, boxes, veneers and other purposes [2]
Major/bioactive phytochemicals:
Stem bark – flavonoids, saponins, tannins, terpenoids, reducing Sugar [4]
References:
[1] https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/43033
[2] https://asianplant.net/Dipterocarpaceae/Shorea_parvifolia.htm
[3] http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Shorea+parvifolia
[4] Kamarozaman et al 2022 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1019 012004.
SK & QUA, 2022
