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Castanopsis acuminatissima
Also called Papua New Guinea Chinquapin
Castanopsis acuminatissima is a large evergreen forest tree from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, growing up to about 40 m tall with a fluted trunk. It is a timber and forest tree, not a garden or houseplant, so care is mostly relevant to very large or wet-tropical sites.
Castanopsis acuminatissima is an evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea. It is known by a variety of common names over its range, including white oak, New Guinea oak, Papua New Guinea oak, ki riung, ko-duai, ko-soi, ko-mat, meranak, and riung anak.
Castanopsis acuminatissima ranges from southwestern China (Guizhou and Yunnan provinces) through Indochina (Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Chittagong Hills of Bangladesh) and Malesia (Malaysia; the islands of Sulawesi, Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra, in Indonesia; the islands of New Guinea (West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) and New Britain (Papua New Guinea).
Castanopsis argentea · Castanopsis borneensis · Castanopsis buruana · Castanopsis catappifolia · Castanopsis clemensii · Chinquapin · Castanopsis costata · Castanopsis curtisii · Japanese Chinquapin · Castanopsis densinervia · Castanopsis endertii · Castanopsis evansii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castanopsis acuminatissima 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.
