Biology:Hopea ponga
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Short description: Species of tree
| Hopea ponga | |
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| Fruits, from Peravoor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. ponga
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| Binomial name | |
| Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb.
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| Varieties[2] | |
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
of var. ponga:
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Hopea ponga is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern and southern India.[2] It is also known as kambakam (കമ്പകം) in Malayalam language.
It is gregarious tree which grows up to 25 metres tall. It is widespread in low- and medium-elevation evergreen and semi-evergreen rainforests of the Malabar coastal plain and Western Ghats from 25 to 900 metres elevation.[1]
Two varieties are accepted:[2]
- Hopea ponga var. cauveriana Kesh.Murthy & Yogan. – Karnataka
- Hopea ponga var. ponga – Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu[1]
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Deepu, S.; Sanil, M.S.; Sreekumar, V.B. (2021). "Hopea ponga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T50774892A115932809.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50774892/115932809. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320979-1.
- ↑ "Hopea ponga var. ponga". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77231832-1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3595406 entry
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