Shorea pilosa
P. S. Ashton
Dipterocarpaceae Edible: Nuts - oil
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Description
A tropical tree of the Dipterocarpaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The nuts are processed for oil.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, SE Asia,
References (2)
- Blicher-Mathiesen, U., 1994, Borneo Illipe, A Fat Product from Different Shorea spp. (Dipterocarpaceae). Economic Botany Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 231-242
- Coolen, Q. T., 2013, The Illipe nut (Shorea spp.) as additional resource in plantation forestry. Van Hall Larenstein University and Sarawak Forestry.
