1. Valuable Philippine timber tree
   "Red lauan is widely used in furniture making"; "Red lauan tree wood is prized for furniture making";
   - red lauan tree, Shorea teysmanniana
    
2. Hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany
   "The red lauan veneer gave the cabinets an exotic look"

Derived forms: red lauans

Type of: dipterocarp, wood

Part of: genus Shorea, Shorea

Encyclopedia: Red lauan