Mazhar Botanic Garden

Shorea gratissima (Wall.ex Kurz) Dyer

White Meranti

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001271
Common name: White Meranti
English name: Melapi laut. Meranti laut
Native: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Country: Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Thailand
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen tree grows up to 25-60 m tall, 1-2 m in diameter bark fissured, dark brown leaves leathery, shiny, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, acuminate tip flower yellow fragrant arranged in in terminal or axillary panicles fruit nut enclosed, seeds winged

high quality plywood, veneers. furniture. trunk yield a clear pale yellow resin, used a food additive in soft drinks. Wood source of pulp for production of paper

New name Anthoshorea gratissima (Wall ex Kurz) PSAshton &  JHeck

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Texture: Acid granite Loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Rainforest
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 4.5-6.5
Status: Endangered
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen (tree)
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Online
Plant Uses: Aromatic Resin Wood
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest
pH: Mild acid

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