Shorea Praestans

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Shorea praestans (also called Light Red Meranti) is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia. Shorea is a genus of about 196 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus is named after Sir John Shore, the Governor-General of the British East India Company, 1793-1798. They are native to southeast Asia, from Northern India to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. In west Malesia and the Philippines this genus dominates the skyline of the tropical forests.