Taxon: Dipterocarpus turbinatus C. F. Gaertn.

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Common names:

• East Indian copaiba balsam   (Source: HerbSpices 2:217.) – English
  
• gurjan   (Source: F India ) – English
  
• gurjun   (Source: HerbSpices 2:217.) – English
  
• keruing   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: gum/resin   (source of kanyin oil and gurjun oil fide Wealth India RM 3:94-95. 1952)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Wealth India RM 3:94-95. 1952)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Xizang [s.e.], Yunnan [s. & w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India - Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura
  North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar [possibly]
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960–. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1952. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 3:94–95.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. [mentions].

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dipterocarpus turbinatus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Dipterocarpus turbinatus.

Check other web resources for Dipterocarpus turbinatus C. F. Gaertn.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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