Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rubroshorea ovalis (Korth.) P.S.Ashton & J.Heck. [Dipterocarpaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kepong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kepong labu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kepong sega	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mata kuching	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meranti bunga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meranti kepong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meranti samak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seraya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Shorea eximia (Miq.) Scheff. Flora 53: 247 (1870).
Shorea rigida Brandis Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2402 (1895).
Shorea sericea Dyer in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 306 (1874).
Shorea sublacunosa Scheff. Flora 53: 247 (1870).
Hopea aspera de Vriese Minjak Tangkawang: 28 (1861).
Shorea eximia var. angustifolia Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 6: 218 (1887).
Shorea fusca Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 6: 207 (1887).
Shorea ovalis (Korth.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 33 (1856).
Shorea ovalis subsp. ovalis
Shorea ovalis subsp. sarawakensis P.S.Ashton Gard. Bull. Singapore 20: 275 (1963).
Shorea ovalis subsp. sericea (Dyer) P.S.Ashton Gard. Bull. Singapore 20: 275 (1963).
Vatica eximia Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 486 (1861).
Vatica ovalis Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: 73 (1841).
Vatica sublacunosa Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 486 (1861).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Shorea eximia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Shorea eximia Scheff.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Shorea rigida	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Shorea rigida Brandis.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Shorea sericea Dyer.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Shorea sericea dyer.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Shorea sublacunosa Scheff.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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