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Shorea gibbosa (Yellow Meranti)

Synonyms: Hopea grisea

Wikipedia Abstract

Shorea gibbosa (also called Yellow Meranti) is a large emergent rainforest tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is native to Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. The tallest measured specimen is 81.1 metres tall, in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
View Wikipedia Record: Shorea gibbosa

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Shorea gibbosa

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  820 lbf (372 kgf) Soft

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0