Named after botanist W. Burck, the plant species Cotylelobium burckii, a canopy tree that is found in kerangas forests on sand podsols.
The species is named after W. Burck, (18481910), a botanist that worked on the Dipterocarpaceae and the Sapotaceae. Cotylelobium burckii is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. C. burckii is a canopy tree, up to 40 m, found in kerangas forests on deep white sand podsols. 
