Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Hopea mengarawan

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hopea mengarawan is a medium-sized to large tree of up to 40 - 60 metres tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. Its prominently buttressed bole, which is around 1 metre in diameter, is branchless for up to 25 metres, and sometimes even more[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its resin and good quality wood[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The wood is a source of 'merawan' timber and is commonly harvested from the wild and traded. The tree is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2010)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in forests, where it occurs locally, scattered or sometimes gregariously on low-lying, often swampy or periodically inundated land and also on low hills up to elevations of 500 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. , 598 Title Trees of Laos and Vietnam - A Field Guide to 100 species. Publication Author Hoang Van Sam; Khamseng Nanthavong; Kessler P.J.A. Publisher Blumea Year 2004 ISBN Description A detailed guide, with excellent line-drawings, to 100 of the more important trees of Laos and Vietnam. A very good work, giving lots of information about each plant. Originally published in the journal Blumea, it is available as a PDF on the Interne ].