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Shorea falcata
About
Shorea falcata is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Vietnam. It is a medium-sized tree which grows up to 15 meters tall. It is known only from two locations in southern coastal Vietnam, the Cam Ranh peninsula in Khánh Hòa province and Sông Cầu in Phú Yên province. It is native to lowland tropical dry forest, where it grows in pure stands on sandy soils and sand dunes. It can tolerate drought and infertile soils. Fruit is set between September and October in Cam Ranh and in July in Sông Cầu.
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Shorea falcata
- Slug
- shorea-falcata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Shorea
- Species
- falcata
- Wikidata QID
- Q5490500
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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