Category: H

Hopea racophloea Dyer (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common namesTamil: Karung Kongu.Malayalam: Neduvali kongu. Description: Evergreen trees; bark blackish, peeling off in long stripes from base upwards which becomes recurred and hang all round the trunk; young twigs, petioles, panicles and calyx glabrous. Leaves ovate, up to 11.5 x 6.5 cm, acute at base, shortly caudate-acuminate at apex, glabrous.…

Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb. (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common namesEnglish: Thingam.Kannada: Doddele bogi, Haiga, Hiribogi.Tulu: Karmara.Tamil: Ila pongu.Malayalam: Pongu, irumbagam. Description: Towering evergreen trees, reaching heights of up to 40 meters; their bark is thin, smooth, dark-colored, featuring prominent patches and exfoliating in large, rectangular plates, revealing a white or yellowish interior. Leaves ovate, oblong or oblanceolate, 10-20…

Hopea parviflora Beddome (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common namesKannada: Bogi mara, Bovige, Bovu mara, Irupu, Kiral bogi. Description: Evergreen trees, ca 40 m tall; bark light brown or greyish, mottled with white markings. Leaves ovate to oblong or ovate-lanceolate, ca 8×3.5 cm, acute or rounded at base, acute and apiculate or bluntly acuminate at apex; lateral nerves ca…

Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planchon (ULMACEAE) Common namesKannada: Rasbeeja, Thavasai.Tulu: Raavu beeja.Tamil: Aya, Tambachi.Telugu: Thapasi, Nauli. Description: Deciduous trees, 15-20 m tall with grey, pustular bark. Leaves alternate, distichous, elliptic, oblong or elliptic-ovate, 8-13 x 3-6 cm, rounded or cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous, penninerved; main nerves 5-7 pairs; petioles 0.5 –…

Hopea canarensis Hole (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common namesKannada: Malai haiga Description: Trees, ca 20 m tall. Leaves ovate or oblong, up to 18 x 9 cm, rounded or cordate at base, obtuse or acuminate at apex, majority of secondary nerves with gland-like swellings (domatia) in their axils beneath. Flowers in panicles of racemes. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes unequal.…