|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Malvales
|familia = Dipterocarpaceae
|genus = Shorea
|species = S. cordata
|binomial = Shorea cordata
|binomial_authority = P.S.Ashton[2]
|}}Shorea cordata is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The species name cordata is derived from Latin (cordatus = heart-shaped) and refers to the shape of the leaf base.
S. cordata is an emergent tree, up to 50 m, found in mixed dipterocarp forest on clay-rich soils over igneous rock.[2]It is endemic to Borneo, being found in Sarawak and NW Kalimantan. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
1. ^1 2 {{Cite book | last1 = Ashton | first1 = P. S. |date=September 2004 | contribution = Shorea cordata P.S.Ashton | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 5 | pages = 243 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-59-3 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 14 November 2007 }}