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Dipterocarp timber classification

Classification of wood from Dipterocarp trees

Classification of wood from Dipterocarp trees

The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.

The Dipterocarp timber classification system was developed by Colin Fraser Symington (1905-1943), a forester at the Malayan Forestry Service, and H. E. Desch, who researched comparative wood anatomy.

Genus & sectionSpeciesWood nameWood colourWood type
*Anisoptera**A. cochinchinensis*, *A. marginata*, *A. scaphula*, *A. thurifera* and about ten other species**Mersawa**light hardwood
*Cotylelobium**C. burckii*, *C. lanceolatum*, *C. melanoxylon***Resak**heavy hardwood (dense)
*Dipterocarpus**D. alatus*, *D. baudii*, *D. basilanicus*, *D. borneensis*, *D. caudiferus*, *D. costulatus*, *D. grandiflorus*, *D. kerrii*, *D. tonkinensis*, *D. verrucosus*, *D. warburgii*, and about 60 other species**Keruing**medium hardwood
*Dryobalanops**D. aromatica*, *D. beccarii*, *D. fusca*, *D. keithii*, *D. lanceolata*, *D. oblongifolia*, *D. rappa***Kapur**, **kapor**medium hardwood
*Hopea**H. acuminata*, *H. beccariana*, *H. dryobalanoides*, *H. mengarawan*, *H. nervosa*, *H. odorata*, *H. sangal* and other species**Merawan**medium hardwood
*Hopea**H. ferrea*, *H. forbesii*, *H. helferi*, *H. nutans*, *H. semicuneata* and other species**Giam**heavy hardwood
*Neobalanocarpus**N. heimii***Cengal**heavy hardwood
*Parashorea**P. aptera*, *P. buchananii*, *P. chinensis*, *P. densiflora*, *P. globosa*, *P. lucida*, *P. macrophylla*, *P. malaanonan*, *P. parvifolia*, *P. smythiesii*, *P. stellata*, *P. tomentella***Gerutu**light hardwood
*Parashorea**Parashorea plicata***Bagtikan**grey-brown
*Pentacme*
(formerly *Shorea* sect. *Pentacme*)*P. contorta*, *P. minandensis***White lauan**grey to very light red
*Shorea* sect. *Shorea**S. atrinervosa
S. brunnescens
S. crassa
S. exelliptica
S. foxworthyi
S. glauca
S. havilandii
S. laevis
S. leptoderma
S. materialis
S. maxwelliana
S. seminis
S. submontana
S. sumatrana
S. superba***Balau**heavy hardwood
*Shorea* sect. *Almon**S. almon
S. contorta
S. leprosula
S. leptoclados
S. smithiana***Almon**light red to pink
*Anthoshorea*
(formerly *Shorea* sect. *Anthoshorea*)*S. assamica
S. bracteolata
S. dealbata
S. hypochra
S. javanica
S. lamellata
S. maranti
(other species of the **White Meranti group** include:
S. agamii
S. confusa
S. cordata
S. gratissima
S. ochracea
S. resinosa
S. symingtonii
S. virescens)***White meranti**light hardwood
*Richetia*
(formerly *Shorea* sect. *Richetioides*)*S. acuminatissima
S. faguetiana
S. gibbosa
S. hopeifolia
S. multiflora***Yellow meranti**light hardwood
*Rubroshorea*
*S. curtisii
S. hemsleyana
S. macrantha
R. pauciflora
R. platyclados
S. rugosa,
S. singkawang
(S. acuminata)
(S. siamensis)*
... 2 other spp.**Dark red meranti** (Meranti bukit)light hardwood
*S. acuminata
S. dasyphylla
S. johorensis
S. lepidota
S. parvifolia
(S. siamensis)
(S. myrionerva)***Light red meranti**light hardwood
*S. balangeran
S. collina
S. guiso
S. kunstleri
S. ochrophloia
S. plagata*
**Red balau**heavy hardwood
*Shorea**S. macroptera***Meranti**light hardwood
*Shorea**S. negrosensis***Red lauan**dark red-brown to brick red
*Shorea**S. ovata***Tianong**light red to light red-brown
*Shorea**S. platyclados***Meranti bukit**light hardwood
*Shorea**S. polysperma***Tanguile**red to red-brown
*Shorea**S. robusta***Sal**
*Shorea**S. palosapis***Mayapis**light red to red-brown
*Shorea**S. uliginosa***Meranti bakau**light hardwood

References

References

  1. Ashton, P.S., Heckenhauer, J. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected. ''Kew Bulletin'' 77, 885–903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10057-w
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