''Drypetes thorelii'' is an Asian tree species in the family

Putranjivaceae Putranjivaceae is a rosid family that is composed of 218 species in 2 genera of evergreen tropical trees that are found mainly in the Old World tropics, but with a few species in tropical America. Members of this family have 2-ranked coriaceo ...

; it is named after the French botanist

Clovis Thorel Clovis Thorel, born April 28, 1833 in Hébécourt, Somme, France, died September 11, 1911 in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, was a French botanist, explorer of Indochina and doctor. A significant number of plant species are named after him and he described ...

. The recorded occurrence of this species is from Cambodia and Vietnam (where it may be called ''sang trắng Thorel'').

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{{Taxonbar, from= Q15374838 Flora of Indo-China Trees of Vietnam thorelii Taxa named by François Gagnepain