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Hopea hainanensis Merr. & Chun

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This is an endangered species of scattered occurrence. The durable wood is used for making boats and building bridges and houses.
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 50 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Trees ca. 20 m tall, with aromatic white resin. Bark gray or brown, flaky, white lenticellate. Petiole robust, ca. 2 cm, glabrous or farinose-scurfy; leaf blade oblong to oblong-ovate, 4-8 × 5-8 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous or farinose-scurfy, lateral veins 9-12 pairs conspicuously raised abaxially, base rounded, margin entire, apex slightly obtuse or acuminate. Flowers arranged in lax panicle of unilateral racemes. Sepals ovate, ca. 2.5 mm, apex rounded, outer 2 pubescent on entire surface. Petals oblong or oblong-elliptic, ca. 6 mm. Stamens 15; anthers ovoid; connective appendages filiform, ca. 1 mm. Ovary and stylopodium ovoid, pubescent; style short, glabrous; stigma conspicuous. Fruit ovoid, waxy, apiculate; winglike calyx segments oblong or oblanceolate, 5-7 × ca. 2.5 cm, longitudinally 9-11-veined, sparsely stellate pubescent. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Nov-Dec.
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 50 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Hainan [N Vietnam].
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 50 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat

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Dense forests; ca. 700 m.
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Flora of China Vol. 13: 50 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Hopea hainanensis

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Hopea hainanensis is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Hainan Island of China and northern Vietnam. Hopea hainanensis produces the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor Hopeahainol A.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ly, V.; Nanthavong, K.; Pooma, R.; Hoang, V.S.; Khou, E.; Newman, M.F. (2018). "Hopea hainanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T32357A2816074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T32357A2816074.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ge, Hui Ming; Zhu, Chun Hua; Shi, Da Hua; Zhang, Li Dong; Xie, Dai Qian; Yang, Jie; Ng, Seik Weng; Tan, Ren Xiang (January 2008). "Hopeahainol A: An Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor from Hopea hainanensis". Chemistry - A European Journal. 14 (1): 376–381. doi:10.1002/chem.200700960.
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Hopea hainanensis: Brief Summary

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Hopea hainanensis is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Hainan Island of China and northern Vietnam. Hopea hainanensis produces the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor Hopeahainol A.

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