Biology:Hopea glabra

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Short description: Species of tree

Hopea glabra
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Hopea
Species:
H. glabra
Binomial name
Hopea glabra
Wight and Arn.
Synonyms[2]

Hopea wightiana var. glabra (Wight & Arn.) Bedd.

Hopea glabra is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu in southwestern India. It grows up to 25 metres tall. It is native to the southern Western Ghats, with the northermost occurrence in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and the southernmost occurrence in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve. It grows in mid-elevation evergreen and semi-evergreen rain forests, often in riverine areas, from 200 to 900 meters elevation.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3595416 entry