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| − | A medium-sized or large tree of up to 50 m tall, bole often straight, branchless for 15-21 m and up to 165 cm in diameter, buttresses sometimes large and coarse, bark surface fibrous, dark brown; young parts densely buff puberulent, more or less caducous on twigs, leaf beneath and calyx | + | *A medium-sized or large tree of up to 50 m tall, bole often straight, branchless for 15-21 m and up to 165 cm in diameter, buttresses sometimes large and coarse, bark surface fibrous, dark brown; young parts densely buff puberulent, more or less caducous on twigs, leaf beneath and calyx. |
| + | *Leaves oblong-lanceolate or occasionally oblanceolate, (5-)10-24 cm × (2-)4.5-8 cm, leathery, silvery lepidote beneath, base cuneate to occasionally cordate, subequal, apex shortly broadly acuminate or obtuse, venation scalariform, midrib shallowly channelled above, secondary veins (12-)14-16 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, obscure above. | ||
| + | *Stamens 15, ovary and stylopodium cylindrical, subtruncate, style shorter than ovary and stylopodium, columnar. | ||
| + | *2 longer fruit calyx lobes up to 6.5 cm × 1.8 cm, spatulate, obtuse, 3 shorter ones up to 5 mm × 3 mm, ovate. | ||
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| + | ''H. helferi'' occurs on deep soils especially on sedimentary rocks on hill slopes and undulating land in semi-evergreen forest up to over 500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 895-1125 kg/m<sup>3</sup> at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties. | ||
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235, 253, 258, 297, 417, 514, 628, 677, 685, 748. | 235, 253, 258, 297, 417, 514, 628, 677, 685, 748. | ||
| + | == Main genus page == | ||
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| + | *[[Hopea (giam) (PROSEA)|''Hopea'' (giam)]] | ||
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| + | == Authors == | ||
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| + | *K.M. Kochummen (selection of species), | ||
| + | *F.T. Frietema (selection of species) | ||
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | [[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]] | ||
[[Category:PROSEA]] | [[Category:PROSEA]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 3 August 2017
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Introduction |
Hopea helferi (Dyer) Brandis
- Protologue: Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31: 62 (1895).
Synonyms
- Hopea dealbata Hance (1877).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: giam lintah bukit (general), damar mata kucing, damar siput (Peninsular)
- Burma: thingan kyauk
- Cambodia: kôki:(r) daèk, phdiek krâhâ:m
- Thailand: krabok-krang (general), ngon-kaibok (peninsular), takhian-nuu (eastern)
- Vietnam: sao xanh.
Distribution
Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, the Andaman Islands and Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
H. helferi is a valuable source of construction timber, especially for boat construction. The tree yields a resin which is used locally.
Observations
- A medium-sized or large tree of up to 50 m tall, bole often straight, branchless for 15-21 m and up to 165 cm in diameter, buttresses sometimes large and coarse, bark surface fibrous, dark brown; young parts densely buff puberulent, more or less caducous on twigs, leaf beneath and calyx.
- Leaves oblong-lanceolate or occasionally oblanceolate, (5-)10-24 cm × (2-)4.5-8 cm, leathery, silvery lepidote beneath, base cuneate to occasionally cordate, subequal, apex shortly broadly acuminate or obtuse, venation scalariform, midrib shallowly channelled above, secondary veins (12-)14-16 pairs, slender but prominent beneath, obscure above.
- Stamens 15, ovary and stylopodium cylindrical, subtruncate, style shorter than ovary and stylopodium, columnar.
- 2 longer fruit calyx lobes up to 6.5 cm × 1.8 cm, spatulate, obtuse, 3 shorter ones up to 5 mm × 3 mm, ovate.
H. helferi occurs on deep soils especially on sedimentary rocks on hill slopes and undulating land in semi-evergreen forest up to over 500 m altitude. The density of the wood is 895-1125 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
Selected sources
235, 253, 258, 297, 417, 514, 628, 677, 685, 748.
Main genus page
Authors
- K.M. Kochummen (selection of species),
- F.T. Frietema (selection of species)
