Iron wood of Malabar
Hopea parviflora
Also known as White Kongu, Hopea
About Iron wood of Malabar
Hopea indica, commonly known as Malabar ironwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern India. It is called 'kampakam' or 'thampakam' in Malayalam and கோங்கு 'vellaikongu' or 'irubogam' in Tamil. It is a large emergent tree which grows up to 35 metres tall, with a bole up to 150 cm in diameter. The species flowers and fruits between November and May in some places and from in April to June in other places. It grows gregariously in evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous lowland moist forest below 900 metres elevation in the Malabar coastal plain and Western Ghats of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. It prefers well-drained soils.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hopea parviflora
- Genus
- Hopea
- Family
- DIPTEROCARPACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-June
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (NT)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Irubogam, Pongu, Vellaikongu
- Kannada
- ಬೋಗಿಮರ Bogi mara, ಬೋವುಮಾರ Bovu Mara, ಕಿರಾಲುಬೋಗಿ Kiralbogi
- Malayalam
- Urippu, Irumbogum, Kongu
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarp/Sal family
Iron wood of Malabar belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae family.
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