Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis

 
  • Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Dipterocarpaceae
  • Species : Dipterocarpus bourdillonii
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dipterocarpus bourdillonii Brandis
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Tube of fruiting calyx 5-winged; leaf nerves below, looped, connected by transverse reticulation and young shoots clothed with spreading tomentum.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : A large low-elevation evergreen tree about 150 ft. height, apparently endemic to the Western Ghats, and occurring mostly in Kerala, with a few numbers extending into Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Distribution Locality : Kodagu
  • Floras referred : Gamble J.S, 1935- Fl. Of the Pres. Of Madras, Vol.1; Hooker's Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2403 1895.

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