Dipterocarpus is a genus of flowering plants and the type genus of family Dipterocarpaceae.
Image: Dipterocarpus bourdillonii 01
Image: Seed of Dipterocarpus indicus
D. retusus in Köhler
Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. The greatest diversity of Dipterocarpaceae occurs in Borneo.
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae fossil displayed at Philippine National Museum
Primary lowland dipterocarp forest at Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia
Anisoptera costata at Taksin Maharat National Park, Thailand