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Acacia mangium Willd.

Family: Fabaceae (bean family);
Subfamily: Mimosoideae
Common Name: black wattle, brown salwood, hickory wattle, mangium, sabah salwood, Akasia, Coast Myall, Mountain Brigalow, Sally Wattle

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Pinus merkusii Jungh et de Vriese

Family: Pinaceae;
Vernacular names: Merkus pine, Mindoro pine, Tenasserim pine (English), Damar Batu, Damar Bunga, Uyam (Indonesia), Tapulau (Philippines), Son Song Bai, Son Haang Maa, Kai Plueak Dam (Thailand), Thong nhua, Thong hai la (Vietnam).

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Shorea leprosula Miq.

Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Vernacular names: Malaysia: (general), meranti pusuh (Sabah). Indonesia: meranti merah, kontoi bayor ( kumbang (East Kalimantan). (general name), kalo khao,
(Peninsular Thailand).

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Tectona grandis L.f.

Family: Lamiaceae (also placed in Verbenaceae)
Vernacular names: India: segun (Bengal), saga, saguan (Hindi), tega, thekku (southern states); Myanmar: kyun; Thailand: mai-sak, sak; Laos: sak; Sri Lanka: tech; Vietnam: c[aa]y t[ees]ch gi[as]t[ij]; Bangladesh: segun; Indonesia and Malaysia: jati; English: teak

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Hopea odorata Roxb.

Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Vernacular names: Malaysia: merawan siput jantan (general), chengal pasir, chengal mas, chengal kampong, chengal pulau (Peninsular Malaysia); Vietnam: sao den; Cambodia: kok, mosau, thmar; Laos: kh’en; Thailand: takhian-thong, takhian-yai

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Azadirachta indica A. Juss.

Synonyms: Melia azadirachta Linn., Melia indica (A. Juss) Brandis
Vernacular names: English: neem, margosa; India: limbdo (Gujarati); nimb, nim (Hindi); bevu, bevina mana, olle (Kannada); veppu, vepe (Malyalam); nimbay, limbo (Marathi); vembu, veppam (Tamil); vepa, yepa (Telgu); Burma: tamar, tamarkha, thinbaw, kalar tamar; Thailand:
sadao thai, sadao ban (central), dao (south), siliam (north); Sri Lanka: kohomba (Sinhala), vempu (Tamil); Indonesia: imba, mimbo (Java), intaran (Bali), meupleuh (Madura); Malaysia: mambu; Pakistan: nimmi; Iran: nib; Singapore: nimbagaha.

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Pterocarpus indicus Willd.

Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Papilionoideae
Vernacular names: Philippines: narra; Indonesia: sonokembang; Malaysia and Singapore: angsana, sena; Thailand: pradoo; PNG: New Guinea rosewood; English: narra (common for Pterocarpus spp.), Malay paduak, smooth narra, amboyna, Andaman redwood, red sandalwood; French: santal rouge

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Dalbergia cochinchinensis Pierre. ex Laness.

Family: Leguminosae (also placed in Papilionaceae)
Vernacular names: Cambodia: kra: nhoung; Lao: kha nhoung; Thailand: phayuung (general name), kra-yung (Khmer-Surin), daeng cheen (Prachin Buri), praduu tom (Chanthaburi), praduu laai (Chon Buri), praduu sen (Trat), phayuung mai (Sayaburi); Vietnam: Trac; English trade names: Thailand rosewood, Siamese rosewood

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Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm. & Binnend.

Family: Lauraceae
Vernacular names: English – ironwood; Malaysia – belian (Sarawak and Sabah), tambulian (Sabah), im muk (Cantonese, Sabah); Indonesia – ulin, belian, biliran, tebelian, tulian; Philippines – tambulian, sakian; French – bois de fer

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