DIPTEROCARPACEAE
Dipterocarpaceae
The Dipterocarpaceae are a family of 17 genera and approximately 500 species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus Dipterocarpus, is derived from Greek and refers to the two-winged fruit. The largest genera are Shorea, Hopea, Dipterocarpus, and Vatica . Many are large forest emergent species, typically reaching heights of 40–70 m tall, some even over 80 m, with the tallest known living specimen 88.3 m tall. The species of this family are of major importance in the timber trade. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Dipterocarpaceae
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