About Kambakam
Hopea wightiana is a taxon synonym for two species of flowering plants: Hopea wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., synonym of Hopea ponga var. ponga Hopea wightiana Miq. ex Dyer, synonym of Hopea odorata Roxb.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hopea wightiana
- Genus
- Hopea
- Family
- DIPTEROCARPACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഇരുമ്പകം, Hopea wightiana

Botanical family
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarp/Sal family
Kambakam belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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