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{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2023}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Dipterocarpus vernicifluus Blanco1.183.png
|status = VU
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Ly, V. |author2=Nanthavong, K. |author3=Pooma, R. |author4=Luu, H.T. |author5=Nguyen, H.N. |author6=Barstow, M. |author7=Vu, V.D. |author8=Hoang, V.S. |author9=Khou, E. |author10=Newman, M.F. |date=2017 |title=''Dipterocarpus gracilis'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T31315A2804348 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T31315A2804348.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
|genus = Dipterocarpus
|species = gracilis
|authority = [[Carl Ludwig von Blume|Blume]]
|synonyms = *''Dipterocarpus pilosus'' [[William Roxburgh|Roxb.]]
*''Mocanera verniciflua'' Blanco
*''Dipterocarpus vernicifluus'' [[Manuel Blanco Ramos|Blanco]]
*''Dipterocarpus marginatus'' [[Pieter Willem Korthals|Korth.]]
*''Dipterocarpus fulvus'' Blume
*''Anisoptera palembanica'' [[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]
*''Dipterocarpus hispidus'' [[Celestino Fernández-Villar|Fern.-Vill.]]
*''Dipterocarpus velutinus'' [[Sebastián Vidal y Soler|S.Vidal]]
*''Dipterocarpus bancanus'' [[William Burck|Burck]]
*''Dipterocarpus skinneri'' [[George King (botanist)|King]]
*''Dipterocarpus turbinatus'' var. ''andamanicus'' King
*''Dipterocarpus vanderhoevenii'' [[Sijfert Hendrik Koorders|Koord.]] & [[Theodoric Valeton|Valeton]]
*''Shorea mollis'' [[Jacob Gijsbert Boerlage|Boerl.]]
*''Dipterocarpus angustialatus'' [[Frédéric Louis Heim|F.Heim]]
*''Dipterocarpus schmidtii'' F.Heim
*''Dipterocarpus andamanicus'' (King) [[P.K. Tewary|Tewary]] & [[Anjali K. Sarkar|A.K.Sarkar]]
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO>{{cite web |title=''Dipterocarpus gracilis'' Blume |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A320681-1 |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Dipterocarpus_gracilis44.jpg|thumb| Panao seedling ([[Philippines]]) ]]
'''''Dipterocarpus gracilis''''' ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]: ''panao'' / [[Indonesian language|Indonesia]]: ''kaboa'' aka ''sancang'') is a [[Vulnerable species]] of tree in the family [[Dipterocarpaceae]], native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.<ref name=iucn/>

==Distribution and habitat==
''D. gracilis'' is native to [[Bangladesh]], [[Brunei]], [[Cambodia]], India ([[Assam]] and the [[Andaman Islands]]), Indonesia ([[Kalimantan]], [[Java]], and [[Sumatra]]), Malaysia ([[Sarawak]], [[Sabah]], and [[Peninsular Malaysia]]), [[Myanmar]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], and [[Thailand]]. It grows in [[lowland]] [[Evergreen forest|evergreen]] and [[semi-evergreen]] forests, in valleys, and on ridges and slopes from sea level up to {{cvt|900|m}} [[above sea level]]. It prefers well-drained soils and often dominates the [[Canopy (biology)|canopy]] of the forests it inhabits.<ref name=iucn/>

==Uses==
It is often used as a commercial grade [[plywood]], it is one of the most important sources of [[Dipterocarp timber classification|keruing]] timber.

==References==
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{{Taxonbar|from=Q651921}}

[[Category:Dipterocarpus|gracilis]]
[[Category:Flora of the Andaman Islands]]
[[Category:Dipterocarps of Borneo]]
[[Category:Trees of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Trees of Cambodia]]
[[Category:Trees of India]]
[[Category:Flora of Indonesia]]
[[Category:Trees of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Trees of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Trees of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Trees of Singapore]]
[[Category:Trees of Thailand]]
[[Category:Vulnerable flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1825]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume]]

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Dipterocarpus gracilis - Revision history

KrisMchugh15039 at 14:48, 14 April 2026