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Myanmar Name – Ingyin

Common Name – Dark red meranti, Light red meranti, Red lauan

Botanical Name – Shorea Siamensis (Kurz) Miq.

Family Name – Dipterocarpaceae

Habitat – Native to countries in Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines.

Habit – Deciduous tree growing up to 30 m in height with a straight and often branchless bole that can be up to 80 cm in diameter.

Bark – Bark, bole light grey or blackish grey or dark grey, fissure longitudinal and deep sometimes with transverse cracks, outer bark about 5.0 cm or more thick, inner barks yellowish pink or yellowish brown.

Leaves – Leave 5.9 cm – 26.9 cm length and 3.1 cm 20.7 cm width oblong or ovate-oblong. Obtuse or subacute, base truncate or cordate, hairy on upper surface, the margin entire.

Inflorescence – Inflorescences axillary and terminal racemose panicle, 8.5 to 25.0 cm long, the peduncle red in some form or mostly pale yellow.

Flower – Flower small yellowish, fragrant, almost sessile. Calyx lobes 0.5 cm long, ovate-acuminate, glabrous, margin ciliate, the three outer slightly larger than the two inner.

Fruit – Stalk about 0.4 cm long. Nut subovate, shining, tapering to a long, thin point, closely embraced on the lower portion by the woody sepal bases. Outer wings linear oblanceolate, tips obtuse about 2- 10 nerved.

Seed – Winged seed, brown or dark brown, flattened and somewhat oblong.

Flowering and Fruiting Time – Flowers from February to March and fruiting time from April to May.

Usage – Valued for its high-quality timber, which is durable and resistant to decay. It is commonly used in construction, furniture making, and boat building.