Hopea nutans
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| Hopea nutans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. nutans |
| Binomial name | |
| Hopea nutans | |
Hopea nutans is a large rainforest tree species in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[2] The tallest measured specimen is 82.8 m tall in the Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.[3] It grows in lowland and hill mixed dipterocarp rain forests and freshwater swamp forests, on periodically inundated sandy, limestone, and ultrabasic soils, up to 650 metres elevation.[1]
