Tribe Dryobalanopseae Baill., Hist. Pl. 4: 210, 213. 1873 –

Type: Dryobalanops C.F.Gaertn.

Emergent or canopy; fibres are with bordered pits; scattered resin canals; solitary vessels; fruit sepal is thickened. The subvalvate sepals in fruit (imbricate at first, after only retaining some traces of imbrication) is a unique characteristic for Dryobalanops . Chromosome number n = 7. Native in W. Malesia.

Note: The name Dryobalanopseae was incorrect and superfluous when published, since it included Dipterocarpus, but it was validly published with the correct name on page 213 and the description on 210, and is available for a tribe containing Dryobalanops and not Dipterocarpus; see Art. 19 Note 3 of the ICN (Turland & al., 2018).

One genus: Dryobalanops C.F.Gaertn.