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Hopea celtidifolia is a medium-sized rainforest tree from the dipterocarp family, endemic to lowland New Guinea. It is a wild forest species, not a common garden or houseplant, and it is listed as vulnerable due to logging and forest clearance.
Hopea celtidifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Guinea. It is a medium-sized tree native to lowland rain forest. It is known from six locations in Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, mostly near the border between the two. It is known from six locations, and was previously known from ten. The species' present extent of occurrence (EOO) is estimated at 6,877.500 km2 and its area of occupancy (AOO) is 24 km2. The species is threatened by habitat loss from timber harvesting and forest clearance for agriculture, roads, and settlements. Its estimated EOO has declined by over 30% and its AOO by 50%, with an estimated population decline of 40%. The IUCN assesses the species as vulnerable.
The species was first described by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1968.
Dalingdingan · Hopea aequalis · Hopea altocollina · Hopea andersonii · Hopea apiculata · Hopea aptera · Hopea auriculata · Hopea bancana · Hopea basilanica · Hopea beccariana · Hopea bilitonensis · Hopea brachyptera
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hopea celtidifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
