Hopea malibato

Hopea malibato
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
Genus: Hopea
Species: H. malibato
Binomial name
Hopea malibato
Foxw.

Hopea malibato is a species of plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

H. malibato produces the oligostilbenes malibatol A and B, dibalanocarpol and balanocarpol.[1]

References

  1. Dai, JR; Hallock, YF; Cardellina Jh, 2nd; Boyd, MR (1998). "HIV-inhibitory and cytotoxic oligostilbenes from the leaves of Hopea malibato". Journal of natural products 61 (3): 351–3. doi:10.1021/np970519h. PMID 9544565.