Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Cylindrical Log
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw030
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Shorea taluro
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Kallayi
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

 
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Malvales
  Family :

Dipterocarpaceae
  Genus :

Shorea
  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Shorea taluro
 

Author of Species

 :

Roxb
  Common/Trade Name :

Lac tree
  Vernacular Name :

Kannada: Jal,

Tamil: Kungiliam

  Distribution of Species :

India, Malesia, Indonesia, Filipina.
 

Uses

 :

Yellowish smooth wood used as a timber.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

  1. Flora of Anantapur District, A.P, India, by T.Pullaiah and N.Yesoda

  2. http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorea

  3. http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff0143.htm

  4. "Borneo". Eastern Native Tree Society. Retrieved on 2008-06-21.

  5. Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. Ed. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3

  6. Curren, Lisa M.; M. Leighton (2000). "Vertebrate responses to spatiotemporal variation in seed production of mast-fruiting Dipterocarpaceae". Ecological Monographs 70 (1): 101–128, http://www.esajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1890%2F0012-9615(2000)070%5B0101%3AVRTSVI%5D2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1. Retrieved on 13 November 2007. 

  7. Maycock, Colin R.; Richard N. Thewlis, Jaboury Ghazoul, Reuben Nilus and David F.R.P Burslem (2005). "Reproduction of dipterocarps during low intensity masting events in a Bornean rain forest". Journal of Vegetation Science 16: 635–646. doi:10.1658/1100-9233(2005)016[0635:RODDLI]2.0.CO;2, http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1658%2F1100-9233(2005)016%5B0635%3ARODDLI%5D2.0.CO%3B2. Retrieved on 13 November 2007. 

  8. Sakai, Shoko; Rhett D. Harrison, Kuniyasu Momose, Koichiro Kuraji, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Lucy Chong and Tohru Nakashizuka (2006). "Irregular droughts trigger mass flowering in aseasonal tropical forests in asia". American Journal of Botany 93: 1134–1139. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.8.1134, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/93/8/1134. Retrieved on 13 November 2007. 

  9. LaFrankie, James V. Jr.; H. T. Chan (June 1991). "Confirmation of Sequential Flowering in Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae)". Biotropica 23 (2): 200–203. doi:10.2307/2388308, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0006-3606%28199106%2923%3A2%3C200%3ACOSFIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage. Retrieved on 13 November 2007.