''Shorea exelliptica'' is a species of plant in the family

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India ...

. This species has previously been confused with ''Shorea elliptica'' and the species name is derived to highlight this point (' = excluded from). ''S. exelliptica'' is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It is an emergent tree, up to tall, found in mixed

dipterocarp forest Dipterocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indo ...

on yellow clay and sandy clay soils on

sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock (geology), rock formed by the cementation (geology), cementation of sediments—i.e. particles made of minerals (geological detritus) or organic matter (biological detritus)—that have been accumulated or de ...

. It is found in at least two protected areas ( Lambir Hills and

Gunung Mulu Mount Mulu () is a sandstone and shale mountain. At 2376 m, it is the second highest mountain in the state of Sarawak, after Mount Murud. It is located within the boundaries of Gunung Mulu National Park, which is named after it. History I ...

National Parks).

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exelliptica Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Dipterocarps of Borneo Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub

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