''Vatica mangachapoi'' is a species of

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in the family

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.Merrill, Elmer Drew. "An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants." An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. (1923) It is a tree found in the

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and

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floristic regions: including

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, eastern

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(

Hainan Island Hainan is an island province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally means "South of the Sea ...

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, the

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, and

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References

Further reference

*Yide, Li. "The Resource and Community Characteristics of Vatica mangachapoi Forest in Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island " Scientia Silvae Sinicae 1 (2006). *Lan, Guo-yu, Wei Chen, and Xiao-fei Zhou. "Community characteristics of Vatica mangachapoi forest of Bawangling in Hainan, South China." Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica 27.9 (2007): 1861. mangachapoi Trees of China Dipterocarps of Borneo Flora of Hainan Trees of the Philippines Trees of Thailand Trees of Vietnam Critically endangered flora of Asia Plants described in 1837 Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub