| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Synonym | Shorea talura Roxb. |
| Synonym_2 | Shorea laccifera Heyne |
| Local Name | Thaluram |
| Local Name 2 | Varanki |
| Local Name 3 | Jal |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark brownish to greyish-brown, longitudinally fissured, blaze creamy-yellow, fibrous; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipule large, coriaceous; petiole 10-25 mmlong, stout, glabrous, lamina 6-18 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic lanceolate, base round or subcordate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 12-16 pairs, parallel, prominent, flowers bisexual, light pink, fruit a capsule, seed solitary, obovoid 7 x 4 mm. |