Dipterocarpus tuberculatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Dipterocarpus
- Species
- Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
- Scientific Name
- Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
Dipterocarpus tuberculatus (Khmer khlông, Indian English gurjuntree) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The tree is found in clear plains forests, at altitudes up to 800–1,000 m (2,600–3,300 ft). It grows to a height of 5–25 m (16–82 ft).
The lipids and wood are used in the Indian subcontinent. Uses in Cambodia include: using the leaves for packaging and sometimes for covering huts; the wood, resistant to bad weather, is used to make beams, boards and for the manufacture of boats; and the roots are used in traditional medicine to cure fractures. At least recently, the tree has been an important firewood source in some areas of the Cambodian province of Kompong Chhnang.
...Dipterocarpus tuberculatus in languages:
- Thai
- พลวง
- Thai
- ยางพลวง
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dipterocarpus acutangulus
- Dipterocarpus alatus
- Dipterocarpus applanatus
- Dipterocarpus baudii
- Dipterocarpus borneensis
- Dipterocarpus bourdillonii
- Dipterocarpus caudatus
- Dipterocarpus chartaceus
- Dipterocarpus cinereus
- Dipterocarpus concavus
- Dipterocarpus condorensis
- Dipterocarpus confertus
- Dipterocarpus conformis
- Dipterocarpus coriaceus
- Dipterocarpus cornutus
- Dipterocarpus costatus
- Dipterocarpus costulatus
- Dipterocarpus crinitus
- Dipterocarpus cuspidatus
- Dipterocarpus dyeri
- Dipterocarpus elongatus
- Dipterocarpus fagineus
- Dipterocarpus fusiformis
- Dipterocarpus geniculatus
- Dipterocarpus glabrigemmatus
- Dipterocarpus glandulosus
- Dipterocarpus globosus
- Dipterocarpus gracilis
- Dipterocarpus grandiflorus
- Dipterocarpus hasseltii
- Dipterocarpus hispidus
- Dipterocarpus humeratus
- Dipterocarpus indicus
- Dipterocarpus insignis
- Dipterocarpus intricatus
- Dipterocarpus kerrii
- Dipterocarpus kunstleri
- Dipterocarpus lamellatus
- Dipterocarpus littoralis
- Dipterocarpus lowii
- Dipterocarpus mundus
- Dipterocarpus nudus
- Dipterocarpus oblongifolius
- Dipterocarpus obtusifolius
- Dipterocarpus ochraceus
- Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus
- Dipterocarpus palembanicus
- Dipterocarpus perakensis
- Dipterocarpus retusus
- Dipterocarpus rigidus
- Dipterocarpus rotundifolius
- Dipterocarpus sarawakensis
- Dipterocarpus semivestitus
- Dipterocarpus stellatus
- Dipterocarpus sublamellatus
- Dipterocarpus tempehes
- Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
- Dipterocarpus turbinatus
- Dipterocarpus validus
- Dipterocarpus verrucosus
- Dipterocarpus zeylanicus




































