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Anisophyllea disticha
In Singapore: Mousedeer Tree, Leechwood, Kayu Pachat, Kayu Ribu Ribu, Pokok Kanchil, Raja Berangkat, Balam Ayam, Rambai Ayam (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Anisophyllea disticha is a shrub or small tree of wet tropical forests in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, growing up to about 7 m tall. It is grown mainly as a forest or shade plant rather than a common ornamental.
Anisophyllea disticha is a plant of tropical Asia in the family Anisophylleaceae. The specific epithet disticha is from the Latin meaning "2-ranked", referring to the leaf arrangement.
Anisophyllea disticha grows naturally in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is forests from sea-level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anisophyllea disticha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
