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Anthoshorea hypochra called, along with some other species in the genus Anthoshorea, white meranti, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It grows naturally in Cambodia, Sumatra, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The species ranges from Indo-China to Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau and Lingga archipelagoes. A. hypochra occurs on flat and undulating land near the coast or in seasonal dipterocarp forest at low latitude.
The timber is used as white meranti. A dammar of good quality ('dammar temak') has been yielded on a commercial scale.
White Meranti · Makai · Anthoshorea bentongensis · Anthoshorea bracteolata · Anthoshorea confusa · Anthoshorea cordata · Anthoshorea dealbata · Anthoshorea gratissima · Anthoshorea henryana · Anthoshorea hulanidda · Damar · Anthoshorea lamellata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthoshorea hypochra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
