''Dipterocarpus obtusifolius'' is a species of tree in the family

Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants with 22 genera and about 695 known species of mainly lowland tropical forest trees. Their distribution is pantropical, from northern South America to Africa, the Seychelles, India ...

found throughout Southeast Asia, including

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, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.DY PHON Pauline, 2000, ''Plants Used In Cambodia'', self-published, printed by Imprimerie Olympic,

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Four varieties have been described – ''D. o.'' var. ''cuspidatus'', ''D. o.'' var. ''subnudus'', ''D. o.'' var. ''glabricalyx'', and ''D. o.'' var. ''vestitus'' – but all are now considered to be synonyms. The variety ''D. o.'' var. ''subnudus'' differed by having completely hairless leaves and is found only in the south of Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Trees are large, up to 30m tall, grow in dry dipterocarp forest, and the red brown wood is used in general construction. In Cambodia, the resin from the tree is used to make torches, drinking water was obtained by cutting young stalks and the wood gave boards regarded as non-durable in construction, while in some areas of the Kompong Chhnang Province it is an important firewood source.

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obtusifolius Flora of Indo-China Trees of Cambodia Trees of Vietnam Plants described in 1864 Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel Taxa named by Johannes Elias Teijsmann {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub