Hopea jucunda

Hopea jucunda
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Hopea
Species:	H. jucunda
Binomial name
Hopea jucunda Thwaites

Hopea jucunda is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.

Uses

Wood - construction timber.

Culture

Known as රත් බෙරලිය (rath beraliya) in Sinhala.

Sources

• http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/30810/0
• http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=443594
• http://www.researchgate.net/publication/244514431_Balanocarpol_a_new_polyphenol_from_Balanocarpus_zeylanicus(trimen)_and_Hopea_jucunda(Thw.)(Dipterocarpaceae)
• http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000700737
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1985/P1/P19850001807
• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2853186