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Calophyllum inophyllum
Also called Beach Calophyllum, Borneo Mahogany, Beautyleaf, Mastwood, Indian Doomba Oiltree, Indian Laurel, Tamanu
In Singapore: Penaga Laut, Bintangor Laut, Borneo Mahogany, Alexandrine Laurel, Alexandrian Laurel, Alexandra Laurel, Indian Laurel, Laurel Wood, Beauty Leaf, Nyamplung, Penaga, Bodek Laut, Paku Achu, Bintangur Bunga, 红厚壳, 琼崖海棠树 (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
3 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in East Coast Park Area F, Bedok Jetty; Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, near Botany Centre Auditorium; Found in
A large evergreen tropical coastal tree grown for its timber, shade and oil-rich seeds. Give it a sunny, well-drained spot and room to grow, as it is too large for most home gardens.
Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum or beautyleaf. It is native to the Old World Tropics, from Africa through Asia to Australia and Polynesia. Due to its importance as a source of timber for the traditional shipbuilding of large outrigger ships, it has been spread in prehistoric times by the migrations of the Austronesian peoples to the islands of Oceania and Madagascar, along with other members of the genus Calophyllum. It has since been naturalized in regions of the East African coast. It is also a source of the culturally important tamanu oil.
Calophyllum inophyllum is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
Santa Maria · Nicobar Canoetree · Pink Touriga · Calophyllum walkeri · Bintangor
[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 Calophyllum inophyllum 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.
