Q12: What is the scientific name of the tree 'Hollong'? - Silviculture, Agroforestry, Forest Management, Tree Improvement & Utilization - ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 - Forestry / Agroforestry and Silviculture | Agrigyan
Hollong is the common name for Dipterocarpus macrocarpus (also treated as a synonym/subspecies of Dipterocarpus retusus Blume), belonging to the family Dipterocarpaceae.
It is a magnificent, giant evergreen canopy emergent tree dominating the Upper Assam Valley tropical wet evergreen forests (Assam valley tropical evergreen Dipterocarpus-Mesua forests).
It is recognized as the State Tree of Assam and the State Tree of Arunachal Pradesh.
'होलांग' (Hollong) का वैज्ञानिक नाम डिप्टरोकार्पस मैक्रोकार्पस (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus / D. retusus) है (कुल: Dipterocarpaceae)। यह असम और अरुणाचल प्रदेश के उष्णकटिबंधीय आर्द्र सदाबहार वनों का प्रमुख वितान वृक्ष है तथा यह असम एवं अरुणाचल प्रदेश दोनों का राज्य वृक्ष है।
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