• Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
  (Dipterocarpus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
• Basionym : Hopea malabarica Bedd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Naduvalippongu, Neduvalikongu, Naikambagam, Thondupoliyan-pongu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Key identification features : Tree with exfoliating bark
• Flower, Fruit : February-May
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
• Literature : Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hopea racophloea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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