Hopea sphaerocarpa
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| Hopea sphaerocarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Hopea |
| Species: | H. sphaerocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hopea sphaerocarpa | |
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Hopea sphaerocarpa is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Borneo.
Hopea sphaerocarpa grows up to 10 metres (30 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 10 cm (4 in). It has buttresses, including flying (detached) buttresses, and stilt roots. The bark is smooth. The papery leaves are ovate to lanceolate and measure up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The inflorescences measure up to 10 cm (4 in) long and bear dark red flowers. The nuts are egg-shaped and measure up to 1 cm (0.4 in) long.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as Balanocarpus sphaerocarpus by French botanist Frédéric Louis Heim in 1892, as part of his doctoral thesis.[4] In 1963, British botanist Peter Shaw Ashton transferred the species to the genus Hopea.[2] The type specimen was collected in Sarawak, Borneo. The specific epithet sphaerocarpa means 'round fruit'.[3]