Shorea polysperma (Blanco) Merr.

  • Filed As

    Dipterocarpaceae
    Shorea polysperma (Blanco) Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 85, Jun 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Bataan. Luzon, Limay.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 5003632

    Occurrence ID: 2cbfb29d-ad34-4797-8c3d-d164ccd0fdf7

  • Local Name

    tanguile

  • Level 1 Use

    MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

  • Level 2 Use

    Wood

  • Level 3 Use

    Construction Material

  • Use Notes

    This valuable timber tree is widely distributed in the Philippines, the commercial name of its timber being tanguile.

SHORE A Roxburgh
’VM0caner-a polysperma Blanco PI. Filip. (1837) 448 (sp. nov.)=*Diptero-
carpus polyspermus Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 312 (comb, nov.);
ed. 3, 2 (1878) 213 = SHOREA POLYSPERMA (Blanco) Merr. (Hopea
tangili Blume).
This valuable timber tree is widely distributed in the Philip-
pines, the commercial name of its timber being tanguUe. Blam
co’s specific name does not apply, and his selection of the name
was probably due to the fact that he had fruits of an entirely
different plant. His description, otherwise, applies well to the
species as interpreted, and there is no. doubt,»as to the identity
of the illustrative material with Blanco’s plant.
Illustrative specimen from Limay, Bataan Province, Luzon,
June, 1914, there known as tanguile (Merrill: Species Blan^
coanae No. 85).
MEJiJi ill:
mtmC I ZS WJL ANCOANAE NO,
86. Shore a polysperma (Blanco)
Merr*
Mocanera polysperma Blanco
Mpterooarpus polyspermus
Hanoo
Hopes tangili Blume
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