Forest Trees of Sarawak and Brunei and Their Products |
Contents
PART | 1 |
Different kinds of tree | 14 |
Key to the principal forest trees | 18 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundant ambrosia beetle apex average bakau belian bintangor bole buttresses colour common conspicuous crown cubic foot air-dry damar dark Dipterocarp Dipterocarpaceae distinct drained soils drying durable durian easily recognised elliptic engkabang exudations feet fissured Flowers fruit genus green grey greyish ground Growth rings hairy hard and heavy heartwood inner bark kapur kerangas keruing known large tree latex Leaf leaflets leathery Leaves simple less light lower surface lowland forests Malay Peninsula mangrove medang narrow nerves North Borneo nyatoh oblong occurs outer bark ovate padang pairs pale paya peat-swamps perforation plates pink pinnate podsol prominent purplish radial groups ramin rarely rays red meranti reddish brown rengas resak saplings sapwood Sarawak and Brunei secondary forest seedlings seeds selangan batu Shorea Shorea albida Silvicultural characteristics small tree smooth soft tissue solitary sometimes species stalk Stipules timber twigs tyloses usually whitish wide wings wood yellow yellowish brown