Hopea ponga

Hopea ponga is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to southwestern and southern India.^[2] It is also known as kambakam (കമ്പകം) in Malayalam language.

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Hopea ponga
Fruits, from Peravoor
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Hopea
Species:	H. ponga
Binomial name
Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb.
Varieties[2]
Hopea ponga var. cauveriana Kesh.Murthy & Yogan. Hopea ponga var. ponga
Synonyms[2][3]
Artocarpus ponga Dennst. of var. ponga: Artocarpus canaranus Miq. Broussonetia integrifolia Buch.-Ham. Hopea wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

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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.^[1]

Two varieties are accepted:^[2]

• Hopea ponga var. cauveriana Kesh.Murthy & Yogan. – Karnataka
• Hopea ponga var. ponga – Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu^[1]