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Beilschmiedia lucidula is a large evergreen tree of the laurel family, native to tropical forests from Nepal through Southeast Asia to Malesia. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and is grown mainly in tropical arboreta or botanic gardens.
Beilschmiedia lucidula is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and most of Malesia. It is a tree reaching 30 m (98 ft) tall.
It grows in primary and secondary evergreen lowland forests and montane forests from sea level to 2,150 metres elevation. It is often found growing on poor soils in seasonally wet areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beilschmiedia lucidula 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.
