Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

It is a large tree that grows up to 40 - 45 m tall and 4 - 6 m in circumference. The bark is light pinkish brown or light yellowish brown. Leaves are big and oval, 5 to 8 inches long. The sharp-edged leaves are covered with silver hairy. Flowers bloom in April and seeds have two wings to spread from wind. The bark contains considerable amounts of gray caller oleo resin.

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Endemic to Sri Lanka.

D. zeylanicus can be found in moist low country like Ratnapura, Kaluthara, Galle & Mthara districts and also in the Sinharaja rain forest.

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It is used as a strong and hard wood and a weight of 54 lbs per cubic foot. The heartwood is light pinkish to dark reddish brown. After a preservative treatment, it is used for railway sleepers, rafters, electric posts, beams, joists, heavy types of carpentry work, and eminently suitable for under water work.
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We currently have 2 herbarium specimens for Dipterocarpus zeylanicus in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• 052719 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2008
• W086762 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2008