In great disorders, a meranti tree can reach a two hundred' height plus a trunk diameter of six'. A lumberman's desire, it may even be department absolutely free for 90'. The bases of some trees attribute the vanelike supports identified as buttresses. Mild-pink and dim-pink meranti deliver medium-to-coarse textured wood that ranges in colour from

Sustainability: Meranti isn't shown within the CITES Appendices, but lots of species in the Shorea genus are on the IUCN Pink Record. Virtually all Shorea species are stated as currently being critically endangered resulting from a populace reduction of over eighty% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in its purely natural vary, a