INDIAN FOREST RECORDS 
Vol. VII 
1919 
Part III 
HOPEA CANAREW51S, Hole 
BY 
R. S. HOLE, C.I.E., F.C.H., F.L.S., F.E.S., 
Botanist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. 
Introduction. 
I N 1913, Mr. F. A. Lodge, C.T.E., Conservator of Forests, sent 
fruiting specimens of a Hojoea to Dehra Dun for identification which 
could not be matched there with descriptions or specimens. Specimens were 
accordingly sent to Kew but they could not be matched there. Mr. C. 
D. McCarthy, Conservator of Forests, subsequently sent to Dehra Dun 
flowering specimens of the same tree in 1917, thus enabling a full des¬ 
cription to be drawn up which is given below 
Description. 
HOPEA CANARENSIS, Hole. 
{Indian Forester, XLIY, p. 575, December, 1918.) 
Species allied to II. racojohloea, Dyer, and H. glabra , W. & A. From 
the former it differs in the more numerous lateral nerves, the rounded 
or cordate base of the leaves, the eciliate calyx lobes with the outer two 
larger and different in shape and the ovoid or oblong stylopodium; from 
the latter it differs in the larger leaves, glandular nerve axils, longer 
petioles and broader fruit wings. 
Vernacular name Malai haiga. 
Large tree producing clean boles 6 to 8 ft. in girth and 50 to 60 ft, 
long. 
Young shoots glabrous, bark on twigs pale brown. 
Stipules not seen but apparently small, not amplexicaul. 
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