Dipterocarpus gracilis
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Dipterocarpus gracilis (Tagalog: panao / Indonesia: kaboa aka sancang) is a critically endangered species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.[1]
Distribution and habitat
D. gracilis is native to Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India (Assam and the Andaman Islands), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Java, and Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, and Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It grows in lowland evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, in valleys, and on ridges and slopes from sea level up to Template:Cvt above sea level. It prefers well-drained soils and often dominates the canopy of the forests it inhabits.[1]
Uses
It is often used as a commercial grade plywood, it is one of the most important sources of keruing timber.
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- Dipterocarpus
- Vulnerable flora of Asia
- Dipterocarps of Borneo
- Plants described in 1825
- Trees of Bangladesh
- Trees of Cambodia
- Trees of India
- Flora of Indonesia
- Trees of Malaysia
- Trees of Myanmar
- Trees of the Philippines
- Trees of Singapore
- Trees of Thailand
- Flora of the Andaman Islands