Herbarium JCB

Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb.

Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Dipterocarpaceae
Species : Hopea ponga
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb. (Unresolved name)
Vernacular name : Kalmara, Hiribhogi, Karimara, Doddele Bogi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 11560, KFP 7194
Endemism : Western Ghats
Key identification features : A lofty tree of Western Ghats. Leaves are simple, oblong-lanceolate, up to 23 cm long, 7.5 cm broad with a swollen petiole and yellow tomentum. Flowers are bisexual and borne on branched inflorescence. Petals are ovate-lanceolate and hairy outside. Stamens are as many as 15. Sepals are enlarged and remain persistant as wings on the fruit, greenish but turning to red when fruit matures.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Produces Galls which is mistaken for fruits.
Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere