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Hopea santosiana is a small Philippine forest tree of the dipterocarp family, known only from riverside lowland rain forest in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, and listed as critically endangered. It is not a plant grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited to general dipterocarp tendencies.
Hopea santosiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Philippines. It is a small tree, up to 10 meters (33 ft) tall, which is known from a single location in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, where it grows in riverside lowland rain forest. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as critically endangered.
The species was first described by Hermes G. Gutiérrez, Justo P. Rojo, and Domingo A. Madulid in 2010.
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 santosiana 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.
