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Asian dipterocarps share a
common ancestor with the Sarcolaenaceae, a tree
family endemic to Madagascar. This
suggests that
ancestor of the
dipterocarps originated...
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following table ****ociates tree species, wood name and wood colour. The
Dipterocarp timber classification system was
developed by
Colin Fraser Symington...
- Area is a 438
square kilometres tract of
relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. It has an
extensive diversity of tropical...
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Eight major types of
forests are
distributed throughout the Philippines:
dipterocarp,
beach forest, pine forest,
molave forest,
lower montane forest, upper...
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forests believed to be 130 million
years old. The
forests are
dominated by
dipterocarps.
Lowland forest covers areas below 760 m (2,490 ft), and
formerly East...
- area. This
results in a huge loss of biodiversity.
While the
original dipterocarp forests are home to more than 220 bird species, for example, palm plantations...
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deciduous forest, hill
evergreen forest, dry
evergreen forest,
deciduous dipterocarp forest, and pine forest.
These forest types vary
according to elevation...
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island of Borneo. It
grows as a
rainforest understorey plant in
mixed dipterocarp forest and
kerangas forests, in
moist valleys and on hill slopes, from...
- the Ten****erim-South
Thailand semi-evergreen rain
forests ecoregion.
Dipterocarps are the
dominant trees in the ecoregion. On 8
December 1941
local time...
- The
dipterocarp tree
group has
dominated the
Borneo lowland rain
forests for
millions of years...
