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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 50

  • Scientific Name: Hopea parviflora Bedd.
  • Family: Dipterocarpaceae
  • Trade Name: Hopea
  • Common Name: Thambakam, Kambakam
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: തമ്പകം, കംബകം
  • Native: South West & South India
  • Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Thursday, February 13, 1986
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat, K. V. Bhat & P. K. Thulasidas
  • General Characteristics: Evergreen trees, bark gray or brown. Leaves simple, alternate, flowers bisexual, pedicel short to sessile, fruit large, nutlike.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings scarcely distinct. Vessels Diffuse-porous, Medium to small, moderately numerous, solitary or in radial multiples of 2-5 or in oblique grouping; often filled with tyloses and occasionally lemon yellow deposits.Rays Moderately broad to fine
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