Tree 10-30(-35) m, clear bole up to 24 m and 15-30(-60) cm Ø; bark thin, whitish to greyish brownish, smooth or pustular. Blunt asparagus-like pneumatophores sometimes present. Branchlets robust, often vernicose as are the buds. Leaves elliptic-oblong, apex shortly and ± abruptly acuminate, or apiculate, tip bluntish, base broadly cuneate, coriaceous, stiff, dark green above, paler beneath, glossy on both faces also in the dry state, the very margin often slightly re-volute, 11-23(-30) by 6-9(-11) cm, nerves 15-20 subregular pairs, slightly though distinctly raised on both faces as are the rather lax veins, veinlets finely and prominently reticulate above only; petiole 1.5-2 cm by c. 3 mm. Scorpioid cymes 4-6 in an umbel on a robust 3-5(-6) cm long axillary peduncle, branches of the umbel 3-5 cm, each with 6-10 sessile Flowers biseriate on each side; bracts at base of umbel several, subulate, rather persistent, (3-)4-5 by 1 mm. Calyx cup-shaped, 1.8 mm, obtusely lobed in the upper spreading ⅓. Petals (4-)5 by 1.5 mm, white to cream or greenish. Drupe ovoid-ellipsoid, obliquely attenuate towards the apex, 4.5-5.5(-6.5) by 2-2.5(-3) cm, whitish above, dark green-purplish in the lower third, with numerous slight vertical grooves, able to float when dry.
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A tree. It grows 10-30 m tall. The trunk is 15-30 cm across. The bark is thin and grey. It can have pneumatophores of aerial roots. The leaves are narrowly oval and wedge shaped at the base. They are 11-23 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. The fruit is fleshy with a stone inside. It is oval and 4.5-5.5 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. It tapers towards the end. It is whitish above and dark green to purple in the lower third. It has grooves along it.
In Shorea albida peat swamp forest in Borneo, generally in maybe seasonally swampy, also in secondary vegetation, on peaty or sandy soil, locally frequent, in lowland up to 45 m. Fl. fr. Jan.-Dec.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in peat swamp forest. It grows in the lowlands and up to 45 m altitude.
Uses. Timber soft, not durable, cracking, locally used for planks and household utensils. Pounded bark used as medicine. The fruit is said to be edible.
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