Balau

Local Names	Red selangan, urat mata, seangan merah (Sabah, Sarawak), bangkiri (Borneo), chan (Thailand), guijo (Phillipines), giso, membatu (Indonesia). Note: The name balau is also used for some species of Hopea.
Description and natural occurrence	Medium to large hardwoods, often buttressed, with a straight cylindrical bole between 30 and 50 m long. Shorea spp. grow across a variety of areas in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Wood Appearance	Colour. Heartwood red-brown to purple-brown, sapwood distinctly paler. Grain. Grain varies from straight to interlocked. Interlocking grain produces striped figure on quarter-sawn material. Texture moderately coarse but even.
Uses	Engineering. Heavy engineering. Construction. Framing, flooring, linings, joinery, fencing. Decorative Turnery. Others Boat building, vats, casks.

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