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Dryobalanops Rappa - Wikipedia

Dryobalanops rappa is an endangered tree species endemic to Borneo, found in coastal mixed peat swamp forests and lower montane kerangas forests. The species is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation, mining, agriculture, and fires, with its conservation status assessed as endangered by the IUCN. The first fossilized remains of this species, dating back at least 2 million years, were published in 2025.

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Dryobalanops Rappa - Wikipedia

Dryobalanops rappa is an endangered tree species endemic to Borneo, found in coastal mixed peat swamp forests and lower montane kerangas forests. The species is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation, mining, agriculture, and fires, with its conservation status assessed as endangered by the IUCN. The first fossilized remains of this species, dating back at least 2 million years, were published in 2025.

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Dryobalanops rappa

Dryobalanops rappa is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name is
derived from Iban (kerapa = a shallow swamp) and refers to the species habitat. This species is
endemic to Borneo. It is found in at least one protected area (Gunung Mulu National Park), but is
threatened elsewhere due to habitat loss.[2] The IUCN has assessed the species as endangered
due to habitat damage by deforestation, mining, agriculture and fires.[1]

It is an emergent tree, up to 55 m tall, found in


Dryobalanops rappa
coastal mixed peat swamp forest and in lower
montane kerangas forests.[2] It is a heavy hardwood Conservation status

sold under the trade names of Kapur.

First fossilized remains of this species were


published in 2025. They are at least 2 million years
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
[3]
old fossilized leaves found in Borneo.
Scientific classification
References
Kingdom: Plantae

1. Hamidi, A.; Robiansyah, I.; Randi, A.; Hoo, P.K.; Clade: Tracheophytes
Khoo, E.; Kusumadewi, Y.; Julia, S.; Maycock,
Clade: Angiosperms
C.R. (2019). "Dryobalanops rappa" (https://www.i
ucnredlist.org/species/36431/143153322) . Clade: Eudicots
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019:
e.T36431A143153322. Clade: Rosids

doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-
Order: Malvales
3.RLTS.T36431A143153322.en (https://doi.org/
10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T36431A143 Family: Dipterocarpaceae
153322.en) . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Genus: Dryobalanops
2. Ashton, P. S. (September 2004). "Dryobalanops
rappa Becc." (https://web.archive.org/web/2013 Species: D. rappa

0927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Reso Binomial name


urces/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-
Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx) . In Soepadmo, E.; Dryobalanops rappa
Becc.[2]
Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. (eds.). Tree Flora of
Sabah and Sarawak (http://www.chm.frim.gov.m
y/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx) . (free
online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). Vol. 5. Forest Research
Institute Malaysia. p. 138. ISBN 978-983-2181-59-0. Archived from the original (http://www.
chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf) (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved
13 November 2007.

3. Wang, Teng-Xiang; Wilf, Peter; Briguglio, Antonino; Kocsis, László; Donovan, Michael P.; Zou,
Xiaoyu; Ferry Slik, J. W. "Fossils of an endangered, endemic, giant dipterocarp species open
a historical portal into Borneo's vanishing rainforests" (https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co
m/doi/10.1002/ajb2.70036) . American Journal of Botany. n/a (n/a): e70036.
doi:10.1002/ajb2.70036 (https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fajb2.70036) . ISSN 1537-2197 (http
s://search.worldcat.org/issn/1537-2197) .

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