Lithocarpus indutus
Encyclopedia
Lithocarpus indutus is a species of plant
in the Fagaceae
family. Some common names it goes by are bataruwa, pasang bodas, and pasang balung.
It is endemic to Indonesia
. It is an Vulnerable species
threatened by habitat loss.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Fagaceae
Fagaceae
The family Fagaceae, or beech family, comprises about 900 species of both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, which are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like nuts. Fagaceous leaves are often...
family. Some common names it goes by are bataruwa, pasang bodas, and pasang balung.
It is endemic to Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. It is an Vulnerable species
Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Lithocarpus indutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.