Dipterocarpus grandiflorus (Blanco) Blanco

  • Filed As

    Dipterocarpaceae
    Dipterocarpus grandiflorus (Blanco) Blanco

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 119, Jul 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Bataan. Luzon.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 5002922

    Occurrence ID: 03bd63ad-2646-4e92-aabb-244b314fea0d

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DIPTEROCARPACEAE
DIPTEROCARPUS Linnaeus
Mocanera grandiflora Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 451 (sp: nov.) DIPTERO-
CARPUS GRAND! FLO R U S Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 314 (tram,
nov^;, ed, 8, 2. (1878) 218, t. p68.
This species is common and widely distributed in the Phil-
ippines, occurring in the primeval forest at low and medium
altitudes. It is almost universally known as apitong, a name
rarely applied to any other species, and apitong is the commercial
name of the timber produced by this tree.
Illustrative specimen from Bataan Province, Luzon, July/1914
{Merrill: "Specie? Blancoanae No. 119).
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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