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Carallia borneensis

Carallia borneensis is a forest tree from tropical Asia and New Guinea, growing up to about 25 metres tall. It is a wild lowland rainforest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care advice is limited.

Family
Rhizophoraceae (Rhizophor family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist in its growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-draining, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C.
Native range
Borneo, Philippines, W. New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Carallia borneensis is a tree of tropical Asia in the family Rhizophoraceae. The specific epithet borneensis is from the Latin, referring to the species being native to Borneo.

Where it grows

Carallia borneensis grows naturally in Borneo, the Philippines and New Guinea. Its habitat is lowland forest from sea-level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude.

Other Carallia plants

Billabong Tree · Billabong Tree · Carallia coriifolia · Billabong Tree · Carallia eugenioidea · Carallia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carallia borneensis 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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