{{Short description|Classification of wood from Dipterocarp trees}} The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.
The Dipterocarp timber classification system was developed by Colin Fraser Symington (1905-1943), a forester at the Malayan Forestry Service, and H. E. Desch, who researched comparative wood anatomy.<ref name = Ashton>Ashton, P.S., Heckenhauer, J. Tribe Shoreae (Dipterocarpaceae subfamily Dipterocarpoideae) Finally Dissected. ''Kew Bulletin'' 77, 885–903 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10057-w</ref>
{| border="1" align="center" |- bgcolor="#D05A3A" ! Genus & section ! Species ! Wood name ! Wood colour ! Wood type |- | ''Anisoptera'' | ''A. cochinchinensis'', ''A. marginata'', ''A. scaphula'', ''A. thurifera'' and about ten other species | '''Mersawa''' | | light hardwood |- | ''Cotylelobium'' | ''C. burckii'', ''C. lanceolatum'', ''C. melanoxylon'' | '''Resak''' | | heavy hardwood (dense) |- | ''Dipterocarpus'' | ''D. alatus'', ''D. baudii'', ''D. basilanicus'', ''D. borneensis'', ''D. caudiferus'', ''D. costulatus'', ''D. grandiflorus'', ''D. kerrii'', ''D. tonkinensis'', ''D. verrucosus'', ''D. warburgii'', and about 60 other species | '''Keruing''' | | medium hardwood |- | ''Dryobalanops'' | ''D. aromatica'', ''D. beccarii'', ''D. fusca'', ''D. keithii'', ''D. lanceolata'', ''D. oblongifolia'', ''D. rappa'' | '''Kapur''', '''kapor''' | | medium hardwood |- | ''Hopea'' | ''H. acuminata'', ''H. beccariana'', ''H. dryobalanoides'', ''H. mengarawan'', ''H. nervosa'', ''H. odorata'', ''H. sangal'' and other species | '''Merawan''' | | medium hardwood |- | ''Hopea'' | ''H. ferrea'', ''H. forbesii'', ''H. helferi'', ''H. nutans'', ''H. semicuneata'' and other species | '''Giam''' | | heavy hardwood |- | ''Neobalanocarpus'' | ''N. heimii'' | '''Cengal''' | | heavy hardwood |- | ''Parashorea'' | ''P. aptera'', ''P. buchananii'', ''P. chinensis'', ''P. densiflora'', ''P. globosa'', ''P. lucida'', ''P. macrophylla'', ''P. malaanonan'', ''P. parvifolia'', ''P. smythiesii'', ''P. stellata'', ''P. tomentella'' | '''Gerutu''' | | light hardwood |- | ''Parashorea'' | ''Parashorea plicata'' | '''Bagtikan''' | grey-brown | |- | ''Pentacme''<br>(formerly ''Shorea'' sect. ''Pentacme'') | ''P. contorta'', ''P. minandensis'' | '''White lauan''' | grey to very light red | |- | ''Shorea'' sect. ''Shorea'' | ''S. atrinervosa<br/> S. brunnescens<br/> S. crassa<br/> S. exelliptica<br/> S. foxworthyi<br/> S. glauca<br/> S. havilandii<br/> S. laevis<br/> S. leptoderma<br/> S. materialis<br/> S. maxwelliana<br/> S. seminis<br/> S. submontana<br/> S. sumatrana<br/> S. superba'' | '''Balau''' | | heavy hardwood |- | ''Shorea'' sect. ''Almon'' | ''S. almon<br/> S. contorta<br/> S. leprosula<br/> S. leptoclados<br/> S. smithiana'' | '''Almon''' | light red to pink | |- | ''Anthoshorea''<br>(formerly ''Shorea'' sect. ''Anthoshorea'') | ''S. assamica<br/> S. bracteolata<br/> S. dealbata<br/> S. hypochra<br/> S. javanica<br/> S. lamellata<br/> S. maranti<br/> (other species of the '''White Meranti group''' include:<br/> S. agamii<br/> S. confusa<br/> S. cordata<br/> S. gratissima<br/> S. ochracea<br/> S. resinosa<br/> S. symingtonii<br/> S. virescens)'' | '''White meranti''' | | light hardwood |- | ''Richetia''<br>(formerly ''Shorea'' sect. ''Richetioides'')<ref name = Ashton/> | ''S. acuminatissima<br/> S. faguetiana<br/> S. gibbosa<br/> S. hopeifolia<br/> S. multiflora'' | '''Yellow meranti''' | | light hardwood |- | rowspan="3" | ''Rubroshorea''<br> (formerly ''Shorea'' sects. ''Brachypterae, Mutica, Ovalis, Pachycarpae, Rubella'', and ''Rubroshorea'')<ref name = Ashton/> | ''S. curtisii<br/> S. hemsleyana<br/> S. macrantha<br/> R. pauciflora<br/> R. platyclados<br/> S. rugosa,<br/> S. singkawang<br/>(S. acuminata)<br/>(S. siamensis)''<br/> ... 2 other spp. | '''Dark red meranti''' (Meranti bukit) | | light hardwood |- | ''S. acuminata<br/> S. dasyphylla<br/> S. johorensis<br/> S. lepidota<br/> S. parvifolia<br/>(S. siamensis)<br/>(S. myrionerva)'' | '''Light red meranti''' | | light hardwood |- | ''S. balangeran<br/> S. collina<br/> S. guiso<br/> S. kunstleri<br/> S. ochrophloia<br/> S. plagata''<br/> | '''Red balau''' | | heavy hardwood |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. macroptera'' | '''Meranti''' | | light hardwood |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. negrosensis'' | '''Red lauan''' | dark red-brown to brick red | |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. ovata'' | '''Tianong''' | light red to light red-brown | |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. platyclados'' | '''Meranti bukit''' | | light hardwood |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. polysperma'' | '''Tanguile''' | red to red-brown | |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. robusta'' | '''Sal''' | | |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. palosapis'' | '''Mayapis''' | light red to red-brown | |- | ''Shorea'' | ''S. uliginosa'' | '''Meranti bakau''' | | light hardwood |}
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