Rubroshorea acuminata (called, along with some other species in the genus Rubroshorea, dark red meranti, light red meranti, or sometimes red lauan) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
See also Rubroshorea teysmanniana, a closely related tree in the Philippines more properly known as the red lauan. Parashorea macrophylla, the white lauan.
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