PALAHLAR (Dipterocarpus hasseltii Blume)

PALAHLAR (Dipterocarpus hasseltii Blume)

Dipterocarpaceae

Vernacular names: Indonesia: Aceh: langan; Simalur: keruing bunga; Javanese: klalar, plalar; Kalimantan: temparau

Geographical distribution: Peninsular Thailand, Malesia: around the periodically dry border of the ever wet zone of the Sunda Shelf; central and north Malaysia; Sumatra (the Simalur and Mentawai Islands); West Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali); south and east Borneo to southeast Sabah;

the Philippines including Palawan

Uses: useful for construction

Life form and origin: herb, indigenous plant

The one of five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java


Sources:
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