What does HOPEA stand for? 

Hopea

Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus was named after John Hope, 1725-1786, the first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. It contains about 104 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest, but some species can become also emergent trees, such as Hopea nutans. Species include: Hopea acuminata Hopea aequalis Hopea altocollina Hopea andersonii P.S.Ashton Hopea apiculata Hopea aptera Hopea auriculata Hopea bancana Hopea basilanica Hopea beccariana Hopea bilitonensis Hopea brachyptera Hopea bracteata Burck Hopea brevipetiolaris Hopea bullatifolia P.S.Ashton Hopea cagayanensis Hopea canarensis Hopea celebica Hopea centipeda Hopea cernua Teijsm. & Binn. Hopea chinensis Hopea cordata Hopea cordifolia Hopea coriacea Hopea dasyrrhachia Hopea depressinerva Hopea discolor Hopea dryobalanoides Miq. Hopea dyeri F.Heim Hopea enicosanthoides Hopea erosa Hopea exalata Hopea ferrea Hopea ferruginea Hopea fluvialis Hopea foxworthyi Hopea glabra Hopea glabrifolia Hopea glaucescens Hopea gregaria Hopea griffithii

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