Hopea odorata Roxb.

 
  • Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
    (Dipterocarpus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Doona odorata (Roxb.) Burck; Hopea decandra Buch.-Ham. ex Wight; Hopea wightiana Miq. ex Dyer; Neisandra indica Raf.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hopea odorata Roxb.
  • Common name : The White Thingan
  • Vernacular name :
    • Safed thingan (Hindi)
    • Bili tirupu,Kallurala (Kannada)
    • Urappupicin (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along streams of tropical evergreen forests.
  • Comments / notes : It is used for planking and for house-posts and is said to be immune from attack by white ants
  • Key identification features : A large evergreen tree with dark-coloured bark cracked lengthwise; cut pale yellowish-white; branchlets slender. Flowers rather small, fragrant, yellowish white, in one-sided racemes. Fruit small, wings oblanceolate, rounded, finely veined lengthwise.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 94
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hopea odorata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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