Hopea celebica
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| Hopea celebica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. celebica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hopea celebica | |
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Hopea celebica is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to central and southern Sulawesi.[2] It is a large tree, which can grow up to 40 meters tall with a trunk up to 100 cm in diameter. It flowers unpredictably, with about three months between flowering and fruiting. It grows in lowland rain forest below 500 meters elevation.[1]
The species was described by William Burck in 1887.[2]
