About Ponga
Hopea ponga is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern and southern India. 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. Two varieties are accepted: Hopea ponga var. cauveriana Kesh.Murthy & Yogan. – Karnataka Hopea ponga var. ponga – Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hopea ponga
- Genus
- Hopea
- Family
- DIPTEROCARPACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevation of 400-700 m, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kambakam, Pongu
- Kannada
- ಹೈಗ haiga, ಕಲ್ಬೋವು Kalbovu, ಉನ್ನಿ Unni
- Malayalam
- ഇലപ്പൊങ്ങ് ilappong, ഇരുന്വകം irunvakam, കന്വകം kanvakam
- Marathi
- कवशी kavshi
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarp/Sal family
Ponga belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae family.
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