| Scientific Name | Shorea sp. |
| Trade Name | Meranti-White |
| Local Name | Melapi(Sabah), Malaysian pongu,Malaysian sal |
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 60 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 100 - 150 |
| Tree Distribution | Malay, Sarawak and Indonesia |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | |
| Heartwood Colour | White or pale white |
| Hardness | Hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.8 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 1185 |
| Texture | Moderately coarse texture. |
| Grain | Interlocked grain. |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three, small to medium-sized; distinct only with the hand |
| Vessel Arrangement | Vessels solitary and rarely in radial multiples of two to three with circular vessel outline |
| Vessel Diameter | 200 - 350 260 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 400 - 800 800 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Medium( 6-10 µm),vestured. |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal |
| Ray Nature | Fine not visible under the hand lens, numerous and closely spaced. |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to four seriate, heterogeneous type- II, multiseriate rays with two or three marginal rows of square cells and uniseriate rays made up of square cells |
| Ray Number | 2 - 5 |
| Ray Height | 650 - 1090 785 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled and non-septate |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 1249 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 152.8 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 20.3 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 13.7 |
| Uses | Used in construction and furniture works. Also used for making veneers and plywood. |
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