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Hopea plagata (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Hopea plagata]]'' (Blanco) S. Vidal</big>
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:Protologue: Sinopsis: t. 15A (1883).
== Synonyms ==
*''Dipterocarpus plagatus'' Blanco (1845), *''Hopea dasyrrachis'' P. Ashton (1968) non v. Slooten.
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A large tree of up to 55 m tall, bole with a diameter of up to 180 cm, buttressed, bark surface flaky; all parts glabrous; leaves .*Leaves elliptical-lanceolate to ovate, 6-12 cm × 2.5-7 cm, more or less falcate, leathery, base cuneate to obtuse, more or less markedly unequal, acumen tapering, up to 1.5 cm long, venation scalariform, midrib raised above, secondary veins 8-11(-12) pairs, slender, elevated beneath, applanate above, ascending at 35-65; stamens 65°.*Stamens about 35, subequal, anthers elongate, ovary ovoid, with obscure stylopodium and short broad style; .*2 longer fruit calyx lobes up to 4.5 cm × 2.0 cm, broadly oblong-spatulate, sometimes suborbicular, 3 shorter ones up to 7 mm × 4 mm, ovate.  ''H. plagata'' is widespread and common in semi-evergreen seasonal forest or (less often) evergreen non-seasonal forest on limestone (Sarawak); often on coastal hills and ridges, at low and medium altitude. The density of the wood is about 1100 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
175, 258, 579, 599, 748, 815.
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Hopea (giam) (PROSEA)|''Hopea'' (giam)]]
 
== Authors ==
 
*K.M. Kochummen (selection of species),
*F.T. Frietema (selection of species)
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