Utilization
Red Meranti is one of the most important commercial timber inSoutheast Asia . Wood is also the most common use for various purposes in the Malesia.
Wood is commonly used as construction timber, wooden panil to the wall, attic, block space, materials and furniture household furniture, toys, boxes and other dead. Red Meranti wood heavier-old is used for moderate to heavy construction, beams, rafters, Kusen the doors and windows, flooring, deck bridge, and to make the boat .
Good red Meranti wood processing is to make such as particle board , harbor , and veneer for plywood . In addition, this wood makes it suitable for wood pulp , manufacture of paper.
In addition to producing timber, almost all of Red Meranti produce resin , which is a resin that comes from the wounded trunk or pepagan. Resin out in the form of a gray thick liquids, which in turn will harden in the colors yellow, red or brown, or dark.
Several types of Red Meranti produce fruit that contain fat like nuts , known as tengkawang. At certain seasons every few years, the fruits of this tengkawang produced abundant amounts of embracing; season known as the raya season fruits in tropical rainforests . Raya season like that, people Dayak in remote island Kalimantan busy tengkawang a high-priced crop.
Variety of types and distribution
From 70 species of Shorea included in the group Red Meranti, most found in Borneo (62 species), followed bySumatra (23 species) and the Malay Peninsula (19 species). Outside these regions, Red Meranti is also found in the Thai south, the Philippines and the Moluccas.
Here is incomplete list of the types of Red Meranti. The names of the district and the type of wood produced refers to Soerianegara and Lemmens (2002)
Scientific Name |
The name Indonesia |
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Type of wood |
Shorea acuminataDyer |
Meranti black bars |
Shem. Malaya ,Sumatra , Kep.Riau , Kep. Phallus |
Greenhill nests |
Red Meranti young, m.maroon |
Shorea balangeran(Korth.) Burck |
Balangeran |
Borneo , Bangka ,Belitung |
kahoi ( klm. ) melangir ( Babel ) |
Red Meranti,confusion of red, balangeran |
Shorea contorta Vidal S. |
White lauan (Ingg.) |
Endemic in the Philippines |
Mindanao, white lauan, malaanonang |
young Red Meranti,Meranti White |
Shorea lepidota(Korth.) Blume |
Tengkawang mountain |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra |
ketrahan Meranti, Meranti tassel ( Sumt. ), Meranti langgong, resin snails ( Mal. ) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea negrosensisFoxw. |
Red lauan |
Endemic in the Philippines |
malatbang, manggachapui |
Red Meranti |
Shorea palosapis(Blanco) Merr. |
Mayapis |
Endemic in the Philippines |
Tabak, pretend |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea polysperma(Blanco) Merr. |
Tangile |
Endemic in the Philippines |
balagayan, malagiso, dark mahogany-red Filipine |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea selanica (DC.) Blume |
Greenhill's father |
Endemic to theMoluccas south-west |
biahut ( Buru ), Wood father |
Red Meranti |
Shorea singkawang(Miq.) Miq. |
Sengkawang nut |
Shem. Malaya and Sumatra bag. east |
maak on ( Thai ), bahru Meranti, Meranti red sengkawang (Mal.), singkawang tiny leaves (Sumt.) |
Red Meranti-old |
SexyBrachypterae |
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Almon ShoreaFoxw. |
Greenhill crocodiles hill |
Northeast Borneo (Sabah , Brunei ), the Philippines |
while kerukup (Sabah), danlig-mayapis, Almon ( Phil.. ) |
Red Meranti |
Shorea andulensisPSAshton |
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Shorea bullataPSAshton |
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Shorea carapaePSAshton |
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Shorea coriacea Burck |
Greenhill sequence |
Endemic in Borneo |
Greenhill long stalks ( Brun. , SWK. ), while the long stalks (Sabah), vague continent (Kalbar ), Lampong mengkabang (Klm. bag southeast) |
Red Meranti |
Shorea fallaxMeijer |
Engkabang screen |
Endemic in Borneo |
Greenhill nip law (Brun.), kontoi, tuntong seluing (Klm.), Engkabang nut (Swk.), while coarse leaves (Sabah) |
Flaviflora Shorea Woodex PSAshton |
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Shorea flemmichiiSymington |
Greenhill raya |
Limited in Sarawakand Brunei |
wood highway (Brun.) |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea inaequilateralisSymington |
Semayur |
Limited in Sarawak and Brunei |
semayur |
Red Meranti red confusion, semayur |
Shorea johorensisFoxw. |
Merkuyung |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra bag. East Kalimantan |
Greenhill majau (Brun., SWK.) pelandok intervals, resin kanuar (Klm.), while majau (Sabah), white merkuyang (Sumt.) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea kunstleri King |
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Shorea MonticolaPSAshton |
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Shorea pachyphyllaRidl. exSymington |
Greenhill mesupang |
Endemic in Kalimantan bag.northwest |
Greenhill kerukup, silt (Brun., SWK.) forest tengkawang field (Kalbar) |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea palembanicaMiq. |
Tengkawang majau |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra and Kalimantan |
Greenhill tengkawang Ayer, merpak (Mal.), melebekan (Sumt.), Engkabang asu (Brun., SWK.) |
Red Meranti young, m.maroon |
Shorea parvistipulataF. Heim |
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Shorea pauciflora King |
Greenhill ketuko |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, and Kalimantan |
Greenhill memesu (Mal.), ketuko nilau (Sumt.), Meranti cheriak (Brun., SWK.) obar mysticism (Brun. Sabah), brother of the mountain ( Kaltim ) |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea platycladosv.Slooten exFoxw. |
Banio |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, and Kalimantan |
Meranti Hill (Mal., Brun.), Meranti cingham (Sumt. east), while Hill (East), ketir (Kalimantan ) |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea pubistylaPSAshton |
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Shorea scaberrimaBurck |
Tengkawang deer |
Endemic in northwest Borneo Bag |
kontoi entimus, Meranti Sandakan (Kalbar), Meranti swamp bersisek (Brun., SWK.) Engkabang nut, kawang hill (Sabah) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea smithianaSymington |
Greenhill merumbung |
Endemic in the north and east Kalimantan |
Greenhill rambai (Brun., SWK.), THEY stripes (Brun.), while timbau (Swk.), campega, white kakan (Kaltim) |
Red Meranti young |
Venulosa Shorea Woodex Meijer |
Greenhill long stem rice |
Endemic in the northern part of Borneo |
while heath (Sabah) |
Red Meranti-old |
Waltoni Shorea Woodex Meijer |
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Sexy Mutica |
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SubAuriculatae |
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Shorea acutaPSAshton |
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Shorea ferruginea Dyerex Brandis |
Tehan sewer |
Endemic in Borneo |
Greenhill menalit (Brun., SWK.), while small floor (Sabah), Lampong hold, tehan lung (Klm. bag. southeasterly) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea macropteraDyer |
Greenhill floor |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra bag. East Kalimantan |
chanhoi (Thai), Meranti yellow (Sumt.), lukup (Riau), tongs shrimp, tengerangan Sibu (Kaltim), while the floor (Sabah) |
Red Meranti-young, the floor |
Shorea myrionervaSymington exPSAshton |
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Shorea sagittataPSAshton |
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Slootenii Shorea Woodex PSAshton |
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Sub Mutica |
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Shorea argentifoliaSymington |
Senkajang |
Endemic in northeastern Borneo Bag |
merangau, Meranti binatoh, while the sand, while sparrows |
Red Meranti |
Shorea curtisiiDyer ex King |
Meranti while |
Shem. Malaya, Riau, Kep. Linga, Kalimantan |
I-Daeng, I-propagation (Thai), while (Brunei, Malay, Sarawak), |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea dasyphyllaFoxw. |
Greenhill fiber |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, Kalimantan bag.northwest |
jerky Meranti, Meranti gombung (Sumt.), Meranti miles (Mly.) |
Red Meranti |
Shorea foraminiferaPSAshton |
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Shorea hemsleyana(King) King exFoxw. |
Greenhill turmeric |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra bag. east Kalimantan bag.northwest |
Greenhill ivory (Brun., SWK.), Meranti mire (Sumt.), chengal sand-large leaves (Mly.), phayom-khao (Thai) |
Red Meranti young, m.maroon |
Shorea leprosula Miq. |
Greenhill copper |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, Kalimantan |
I-Daeng (Thai), kontoi bayor (Kalbar), lempong beetles (Kaltim), Meranti pusuh (Swk.) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea macranthaBrandis |
Interface-related Greenhill |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra bag. east Kalimantan bag.northwest |
Greenhill curve leaves (Sumt.), Meranti kepong ghosts (Mal.), Engkabang packets(Brun., SWK.) |
Red Meranti young, m.scarlet |
Shorea ovataDyer exBrandis |
Greenhill mandirawan |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo,Mindanao |
Greenhill hill pigeon nests (Mal.), ketrahan (Sumt. bag north), bangkirai leech (Kalimantan), Meranti pitis (Swk.), while pigeon hill (Sabah), tiaong (Phil.) |
Red Meranti-old |
Shorea pallidifoliaPSAshton |
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Shorea parvifolia Dyer |
Greenhill pigeon nests |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra and Kalimantan |
I-propagation (Thai), clay, wood, kontoi birds (Kalbar), brother of the mountain (Kaltim), while pigeons (Sabah), Meranti tanning (Swk.) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea platycarpa F. Heim |
Greenhill swamp |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo and surrounding islands |
Greenhill curve leaves (Sumt.), pengerawan PEPA (Kalbar), lanan copper (Kalimantan), while swamps (Sabah) |
Red Meranti young, m.scarlet |
Shorea quadrinervisv.Slooten |
Greenhill tempelong |
Endemic in northwest Borneo Bag |
Greenhill spoon (Brun., SWK.), wattle merambai (Swk.), while spoons (Sabah), kontoi genut, tengkawang rats (Kalbar) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea retusaMeijer |
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Shorea revolutaPSAshton |
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Shorea rubraPSAshton |
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Shorea rugosaF. Heim |
Greenhill lanan |
Endemic in Borneo |
Greenhill crocodile ghost (Brun., SWK.), while crocodiles ghosts (Sabah), clouds belaitok (Kaltim), bangkirai lutung (Kalimantan) |
dark red Meranti |
Shorea scabridaSymington |
Greenhill Tembalang |
Bag eastern Sumatra and Kalimantan |
Greenhill full floor, pengerawan manes (Kalbar), Meranti eggs, Meranti lop (Brun., SWK.), he will lop (Sabah) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea teysmannianaDyer exBrandis |
Greenhill tiny leaves |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra Bag east, and Borneo |
Greenhill flowers (Mal.), Meranti flowers cape (Sumt.), Meranti candles (Brun., SWK.), while flowers (Sabah), latitude (West Kalimantan) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea uliginosaFoxw. |
Greenhill leaf width |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra bag. east, Bangka, and Kalimantan bag.west |
Greenhill mangrove (Mal.), Meranti kelungkung leaves (Sumt.), pengarawan vera (Kalbar), Meranti vera (Brun., SWK.), durian virgins (Swk.) |
The old Red Meranti, Meranti mangrove |
Sexy ovalis |
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Shorea ovalis(Korth.) Blume |
Greenhill kelungkung |
Shem. Malaya, Sumatra, Kalimantan |
kepong pumpkin, Meranti kepong (Mal.), Meranti sepang (Sumt.), while kepong (Sabah), brother of the white mountains (Kaltim) |
Red Meranti young |
SexyPachycarpae |
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Shorea amplexicaulisPSAshton |
Tengkawang mege |
Endemic in Borneo |
Greenhill kawang, kawang nut, clouds hair, orai lanyung |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea beccarianaBurck |
Tengkawang tengkal |
Endemic in northern Borneo Bag |
Greenhill fishnet (Brun., SWK., Sabah), Engkabang most (Kalbar), brother (Orchard) |
Red Meranti |
Shorea macrophylla(de Vriese) PSAshton, |
Tengkawang hantelok |
Endemic in Borneo |
kawang jantong (Brun., Sabah), Engkabang jantong, engk. dollars (Swk.), kawang katolok, tengkawang fruits (Kaltim) |
young Red Meranti, White Meranti, kawang jantong |
Shorea mecystopteryxRidley |
Tengkawang screen |
Endemic in Borneo |
enkabang larai (Swk.), kawang rats, Meranti kawang burong (Brun., Sabah), brother Alit (Kaltim) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea pilosaPSAshton |
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Shorea PinangaScheff. |
Tengkawang rambai |
Endemic in Borneo |
clouds Boi (Klm. bag southeast), Meranti fishnet hill (Brun., SWK.) kawang nut (Sabah) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea praestansPSAshton |
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Shorea rotundifoliaPSAshton |
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Shorea splendida (de Vriese) PSAshton |
Tengkawang children |
Endemic in West Kalimantan Bag |
tengkawang shake, tengkawang rambai (Kalbar), Engkabang stars, melindang (Swk.) |
Red Meranti young |
Shorea stenopteraBurck |
Tengkawang tungkul |
Endemic in West Kalimantan Bag |
tengkawang tayau (Kalbar), Engkabang deer (Swk.), Engkabang heath (IBAN) |
Red Meranti |
Shorea woodiiPSAshton |
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Sexy Rubella |
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Shorea albidaSymington |
Alan miles |
West Kalimantan, Sarawak |
alan flowers, seringawan |
Red Meranti-old, red confusion |
Shorea disparPSAshton |
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Shorea elliptica Burck |
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Shorea rubellaPSAshton |
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