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Botanical Name
| Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub |
| Genus | Koompassia |
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Distribution | The Koompassia excelsa tree is among the tallest trees in the world, and also one of the most prominent trees in the tropical rainforests of the Sunda Shelf. It is found in Sumatra, Borneo, South Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia. The grey, whitish bark of the tree, large bole, and often handsome crown makes it stand out amongst the other trees (usually).
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| Bole Characteristics | Very large trees. Bole columnar with large buttresses. Bark smooth with horizontal rings to closely fissured, rarely slightly scaly, grey to dark brown. Inner bark orange-brown, laminated or granular. |
| Herbarium Characteristics | Leaves spirally arranged, compound, leaflets alternate with terminal leaflet. |
