Botanical Name : Shorea curtisii Origin : Kalimantan, Indonesia
Separation into light red Meranti and Dark Red Meranti is based more on wood density than on heartwood color.The term Meranti is applied to a large number of species of Shorea, which is a dominant hardwood genus in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
The term Seraya is common in Sabah, and Lauan in the Philippines, for the very similar Shorea timber.
A large number of South-East Asian species are likely to be included under dark red meranti or under alternative names, such as dark red seraya, dark red lauan or oba suluk.