Intsia palembanica

Intsia palembanica
Malacca teak watercolor, from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Intsia
Species:
I. palembanica
Binomial name
Intsia palembanica
Miq., 1861

Intsia palembanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Common names include Borneo teak, Malacca teak, merbau and Moluccan ironwood. It is native to tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia and the islands of the southwest Pacific. Intsia palembanica differs from Intsia bijuga in the number of leaflets that make up the compound leaves.

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