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Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Dipterocarpus laevis)

Synonyms: Dipterocarpus laevis; Dipterocarpus turbinatus var. ramipiliferus

Wikipedia Abstract

Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Khmer chhë tië:l dâ:ng; India gurjan, gurjun, gurgina; Tagalog mayapis; Chinese 羯布罗香 jie bu luo xiang; Bahasa (Malay) keruing, the last an international name for Dipterocarpus wood) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae native to western India and mainland Southeast Asia, and cultivated in surrounding areas. It is an important source of the wood known as keruing, and is often used in the plywood industry.
View Wikipedia Record: Dipterocarpus turbinatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dipterocarpus turbinatus

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1460 lbf (662 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.619

Predators

Calliteara cerigoides[3]
Olene mendosa[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0