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Castanopsis javanica
Castanopsis javanica is a large forest tree of the beech and oak family, native to hill forests of Southeast Asia, and it is rarely grown as an ornamental. It is not a practical garden or houseplant, so care advice applies mainly to young seedlings grown in a greenhouse or botanical collection.
Castanopsis javanica, the Javan chestnut-oak, is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet javanica is from the Latin, meaning "of Java".
Castanopsis javanica grows naturally in Thailand, Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Its habitat is hill dipterocarp forests up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude.
The wood is locally used in construction. The bark can be used in tanning. The nuts are considered edible.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castanopsis javanica 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.
