''Hopea chinensis'' is a species of medium-sized

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( tall) in the family

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 16 genera and about 695 known species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees. The family name, from the type genus ''Dipterocarpus'', is derived from Greek (''di'' = two, ''pteron'' = wing and ''karpos'' = fru ...

. It is found in

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(S and SW Guangxi, S and SE Yunnan) and northern

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. ''Hopea chinensis'' is an endangered species threatened by exploitation of its durable timber. In China it is under first-class national protection. It also produces hopeachinols C and D.Polyphenolic Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors from Hopea chinensis. Tong Yan, Ting Wang, Wei Wei, Nan Jiang, Yan Hua Qin, Ren Xiang Tan and Hui Ming Ge, Planta Med, 2012, volume 78, issue 10, pages 1015-1019,

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