Dipterocarpus kerrii King

 
  • Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
    (Dipterocarpus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dipterocarpus cuneatus Foxw.; Dipterocarpus obconicus Foxw.; Dipterocarpus perturbinatus Foxw.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dipterocarpus kerrii King
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along hill slopes and ridges of tropical evergreen forests.
  • Key identification features : A large tree with dark grey bark which plain flakes; branchlets dark-coloured, thin and smooth. Flowers resembling, but smaller than, those of the preceding one. Fruit globular, the wings 4-6 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved nearly the whole length.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-June
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman, Goplakabang valley
  • Native : Andaman Is., Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 93
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dipterocarpus kerrii. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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