''Shorea almon'' (called, along with some other species in the genus ''
Shorea'', light red meranti, Philippine mahogany, or white lauan)
is a species of plant in the family
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...
. It is native to
Borneo and the
Philippines.
References
See also
*
List of Shorea species
This is a complete listing of ''Shorea'' species as accepted in Plants of the World Online as of July 2019. The subgeneric classification follows Ashton (2004) and covers only species native to northern Borneo, with some Sri Lankan species added ...
almon Almon may refer to:
People
* Almon (surname)
* Almon (given name)
Places
* Almon, Mateh Binyamin, Israel, a settlement in the West Bank
* Almon, Georgia, United States, an unincorporated community
* Almon, Wisconsin, United States, a town
** Almo ...
Dipterocarps of Borneo
Trees of the Philippines
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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