#ShoreaRobusta, the sal tree, sāla, shala, sakhua, or sarai, is a species of tree in the family #Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is native to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and across the #Himalayan regions.

Photo of Dr Lewis holding a fruit by the wing in each hand. Each fruit has a globose body and two large, long wings. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.

An old photo from a field trip to Malaysia: my friend Dr. Carl E Lewis holding fruits of Dipterocarpaceae. The key is in the name: “two-winged fruits.” Large fruits require large wings. Dipterocarps are dominant forest trees in SE Asia. #Dipterocarpaceae #dispersal #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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EuAsian-Root "Thailand" Kickoff meeting at the Faculty of Foresty, Kasestsart University, Bangkok

Trenching soil monolits to exclude roots and mycorrhizal fungi

Soil coring for sampling roots, soil and the microbiome

Large trees remnants

It was a fantastic start to establishing the 1. core plot at Kasetsart University's plot near the #Sakaerat Biosphere Res. It will help us understand the effects of EM-tree admixture #Dipterocarpaceae on soil functioning in AM-dominated dry evergreen tropical #forests. #roots #mycorrhiza #soilhealth

https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.07043

Here is an example of my ecological research on range-size patterns of Malesian flora! The paper includes >18k species, awesome plant families, island biogeography, and quantitative methods of assessing climate change risk. <3 #Dipterocarpaceae #Ericaceae #Podocarpaceae
#Ecography t.co/996lilNb8g

I also called on the Herbonautes community to computerize the #Dipterocarpaceae labels of the Paris #herbarium #mnhn. This is indeed a powerful and exciting initiative.