Dipterocarpaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Dipterocarpus kerrii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dipterocarpus kerrii is a large tree. The tree is harvested from the wild as a source of keruing timber, which is used locally and also traded. It is also often tapped by local people for its oleo-resin, and there is commercial interest in the essential oil that can be obtained from this resin[ 373 Title The Essential Oil of Dipterocarpus Kerrii Publication Author Ibrahim Bin Jantan Website http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/6055/ Publisher Forest Research Institute; Malaysia, Kepong. Year 1988 ISBN Description A PDF document, downloaded from the internet. An analysis of the essential oil and some notes on traditional uses. ]. Although still locally common in some areas, the tree has been classified as 'Critically endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2009)[ 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 - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatFrequently gregarious in semi-evergreen and evergreen coastal dipterocarp forests in periodically or seasonally dry climates, on red lateritic soils, on undulating land and hills at elevations below 400 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].