In great conditions, a meranti tree can access a 200' peak in addition to a trunk diameter of 6'. A lumberman's aspiration, it may also be branch absolutely free for 90'. The bases of some trees function the vanelike supports termed buttresses. Gentle-purple and dark-pink meranti make medium-to-coarse textured wood that ranges in color from pale pi

Sustainability: Meranti just isn't detailed inside the CITES Appendices, but numerous species from the Shorea genus are about the IUCN Purple Checklist. Many Shorea species are detailed as staying critically endangered on account of a populace reduction of more than eighty% before three generations, caused by a decrease in its natural variety, a