The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour.
The Dipterocarp timber classification system was developed by Colin Fraser Symington (1905-1943), a forester at the Malayan Forestry Service, and H. E. Desch, who researched comparative wood anatomy.
(formerly Shorea sects. Brachypterae, Mutica, Ovalis, Pachycarpae, Rubella, and Rubroshorea)