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Shorea dyeri

Family: Dipterocarpaceae


What it is like

A large evergreen tree. The trunk has buttresses. The bark is thinly flaky. The leaves are sword shaped or sickle shaped. The flowers are in panicles in the axils of leaves or near the ends of branches. The fruit are small and oval.

There are 2 plants with the same name but different authorities and they are both unresolved in The Plant List.


Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet lowland forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Sri Lanka (country/location of origin)


How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit


How it is grown


Its other names

Local names

Beraliya

Synonyms