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Calophyllum trapezifolium

Calophyllum trapezifolium is a tree from the rain forests of central and south-central Sri Lanka, rarely grown outside its native range. It is best suited to warm, humid, wet tropical conditions.

Family
Calophyllaceae (Calophyll family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in its first years, and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, well-draining, humus-rich loam.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. & SC. Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Calophyllum trapezifolium is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is a tree endemic to central and south-central Sri Lanka. It grows mostly in upper montane rain forests, and occasionally in lowland rain forests.

Other Calophyllum plants

Calophyllum acidus · Calophyllum acutiputamen · Antilles calophyllum · Calophyllum apetalum · Alligatorbark · Calophyllum austroindicum · Calophyllum bicolor · Calophyllum bifurcatum · Calophyllum bracteatum · Santa Maria · Calophyllum brassii · Calophyllum calaba

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calophyllum trapezifolium 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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