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Anthoshorea polita is a medium-sized tree from the Philippines, growing 12 to 15 meters tall in limestone and lowland rainforests. It is a forest timber tree rather than a plant grown for home gardens, so there is little cultivation guidance to follow.
Anthoshorea polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Philippines.
It is a medium-sized tree, 12 to 15 meters tall. It flowers from February to July, and sets fruit in April to May and in October.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthoshorea polita 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.
