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Krabak

Anisoptera grossivenia

Krabak (Anisoptera grossivenia) is a very large lowland rainforest tree from Borneo, reaching up to 60 m tall, and is not a typical garden or houseplant. It is grown only as a forest or plantation tree in its native tropical range.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs consistent moisture in a wet tropical climate; water regularly during dry spells when young.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile lowland forest soils.
Temperature
25–35 °C; protect from frost, which it cannot tolerate.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Anisoptera grossivenia is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The specific epithet grossivenia means "veined like unripe fig", referring to the purple veins of the leaf.

Where it grows

Anisoptera grossivenia is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is in lowland dipterocarp forests.

Other Anisoptera plants

Anisoptera aurea · Mersawa · Anisoptera curtisii · Anisoptera laevis · Anisoptera marginata · Anisoptera megistocarpa · Anisoptera reticulata · Anisoptera scaphula · Palosapis · Anisoptera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anisoptera grossivenia 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.

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