Vatica pauciflora
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| Vatica pauciflora | |
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| In Kuningan Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Dipterocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Vatica |
| Species: | V. pauciflora |
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| Vatica pauciflora | |
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Vatica pauciflora is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam.[2]
The species was first described as Retinodendron pauciflorum by Pieter Willem Korthals in 1840.[2] The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.[3][4] In 1856 Carl Ludwig Blume placed the species in genus Vatica as V. pauciflora.[2]
