Rubroshorea kunstleri

Rubroshorea kunstleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Rubroshorea
Species:
R. kunstleri
Binomial name
Rubroshorea kunstleri
(King) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck.
Synonyms

Shorea kunstleri King

Rubroshorea kunstleri (called, along with some other species, red balau) is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo.

It is a large tree growing up to 55 metres tall, with a straight cylindrical bole supported by spreading buttresses, branching into a few large ascending limbs that create a large, loose, cauliflower-shaped crown. It is native to lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forests up to 800 metres elevation, where it grows on leached sandy clay soils on low hills and ridges.