Dipterocarpus cuspidatus

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Julia, S. |author2=Bodos, V. |author3=Ashton, P. |date=2019 |title=Dipterocarpus cuspidatus |volume=2019 |page=e.T31895A125913839 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T31895A125913839.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Dipterocarpus

| species = cuspidatus

| authority = P.S.Ashton

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Dipterocarpus cuspidatus is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

Description

Dipterocarpus cuspidatus grows as a medium-sized tree up to {{convert|50|m|-1}} tall, with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|1.2|m|ft|0}}. The bark is rust-brown. The fruits are roundish, up to {{convert|2|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long.

Distribution and habitat

Dipterocarpus cuspidatus is endemic to Borneo, where it is recorded from only three sites in Sarawak. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forest on low hills up to {{convert|300|m|-2}} elevation.

Conservation

Dipterocarpus cuspidatus has been assessed as Critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species is threatened by logging for timber and by the conversion of land for palm oil plantations.

References

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{{BioRef | powo | title = Dipterocarpus cuspidatus | id = 320663-1 | accessdate = 31 August 2020}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Ashton | first1 = P. S. | date = September 2004 | contribution = Dipterocarpus cuspidatus P.S.Ashton | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 5 | pages = 102 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-59-3 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | access-date = 21 August 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}

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cuspidatus

Category:Endemic dipterocarps of Borneo

Category:Plants described in 1967

Category:Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests

Category:Flora of Sarawak

Category:Endemic flora of Malaysia

Category:Taxa named by Peter Shaw Ashton