About Hopea erosa
Hopea erosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the southern Western Ghats in southwestern India. It grows in lowland semi-evergreen and evergreen tropical moist forests from 70 to 800 meters elevation. The species was first described as Balanocarpus erosus by Richard Henry Beddome in 1874. In 1956 Richard Henry Beddome placed the species in genus Hopea as H. erosa.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hopea erosa
- Genus
- Hopea
- Family
- DIPTEROCARPACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (DD)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Karakong
- Malayalam
- Eeyakam, Karakkongu, കാരക്കൊങ്ങ്
Botanical family
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarp/Sal family
Hopea erosa belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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