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''Dipterocarpus alatus'' ( th, ยางนา, , ;
Khmer: ''chhë tiël ba:y, chhë tiël tük, chhë tiël thom''
[DY PHON Pauline, 2000, Plants Used In Cambodia, self-published, printed by Imprimerie Olympic, ]Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
or ឈើទាល (''chheutéal)''; vi, dầu nước, '), also known colloquially as the resin tree, is a
tropical forest
Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
Some tropical fores ...
tree, of dense evergreen or mixed dense forests, in tropical Asia. It is considered vulnerable.
It often occurs gregariously along river banks and is a key planting species for regenerating deforested land around the
Dong Nai river
Dong or DONG may refer to:
Places
* Dong Lake, or East Lake, a lake in China
* Dong, Arunachal Pradesh, a village in India
* Dong (administrative division) (동 or 洞), a neighborhood division in Korea
Persons
*Queen Dong (1623–1681), princes ...
and
Cat Tien National Park
The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...
.
In Cambodia, the wood is much valued in construction and cabinetwork, when not exploited for its oily resin. Generally, resin is collected for the following uses: wood lacquering, draught-proofing of boats and traditional medicine. When mixed with beeswax, it is used in bandages for ulcerated wounds. The bark of young trees is also used in traditional medicine, taken against rheumatism and diseases of the liver, and to stimulate appetite in cattle.
In Myanmar, one of the largest of the species is in
Kengtung
th , เชียงตุง
, other_name = Kyaingtong
, settlement_type = Town
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, see photos.
References
External links
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Dipterocarpus Alatus, Koh Phangan, ThailandIn Vietnamese, illustrated
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alatus
Flora of tropical Asia