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Hopea chinensis is a medium-sized evergreen forest tree of the Dipterocarp family, reaching 15 to 20 m, native to southern China and northern Vietnam. It is an endangered species, so it is grown mainly in forestry or conservation settings rather than as a garden plant.
Hopea chinensis is a species of medium-sized tree (15–20 metres (49–66 ft) tall) in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in southern China (S and SW Guangxi and S and SE Yunnan) and northern Vietnam. It grows in tropical and subtropical lowland and montane moist evergreen forests.
Hopea chinensis is an endangered species threatened by exploitation of its durable timber. In China it is under first-class national protection. It also produces hopeachinols C and D.
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 chinensis 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.
