''Cotylelobium'' is a genus of plants in the family

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. The name ''Cotylelobium'' is derived from

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(''kotyle'' = a small cup and ''lobos'' = a pod) and describes the receptacle. It contains five species distributed in

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, Peninsular

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. All five species are listed on the

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, as either vulnerable,

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or critically endangered.

Species

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Cotylelobium burckii ''Cotylelobium burckii'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species is named after W. Burck, (1848–1910), a botanist that worked on the Dipterocarpaceae and the Sapotaceae. ''C. burckii'' is a canopy tree, up to 40 m, fou ...

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Cotylelobium lanceolatum ''Cotylelobium lanceolatum'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''lanceolatum'' means "lance-like", referring to the shape of the leaf. Description ''Cotylelobium lanceolatum'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter ...

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Cotylelobium lewisianum ''Cotylelobium lewisianum'' is a plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is critically endangered. Distribution It is native to Sri Lanka. Taxonomy It was named by Peter Shaw Ashton Peter Shaw Ashton (born 27 June 1934) is a British bo ...

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Cotylelobium melanoxylon ''Cotylelobium melanoxylon'' is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet ''melanoxylon'' means "black wood", referring to the dark colour of the tree's wood. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1860 as ''Anisopter ...

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Cotylelobium scabriusculum ''Cotylelobium'' is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The name ''Cotylelobium'' is derived from Greek (''kotyle'' = a small cup and ''lobos'' = a pod) and describes the receptacle. It contains five species distributed in Sri Lanka ...

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Dipterocarpaceae Malvales genera {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub