| Elaeocarpus thorelii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Elaeocarpus |
| Species: | E. thorelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaeocarpus thorelii | |
Elaeocarpus thorelii is a tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae, endemic to Cambodia, and used for its wood.
The species grows 10-15m tall in dense/closed forests. [2] It has rough bark. On the Bokor Plateau of Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, Cambodia, the plant is a rare small tree, found at about 970m elevation. [3]
It is endemic to Cambodia, [1] most commonly in the provinces of Kompong Speu and Kompong Chhnang. [2]
Elaeocarpus thorelii is called krâmâr in Khmer, the name is an allusion to its rough bark. [2]
The wood of the tree is used in construction and as firewood. [2]
The French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre, who specialised in Asian flora, described the plant in his Flore Forestiere de la Cochinchine in 1885, [4] naming this species after Clovis Thorel.
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