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Castanopsis wallichii

Castanopsis wallichii is a large evergreen forest tree of the beech and oak family, native to tropical Southeast Asia from southern Myanmar to Malaya. It is a forest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, and it is threatened by habitat loss.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young, and water regularly in dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic forest soil or loam-based potting mix.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Myanmar to Malaya
Climate
wet tropical

About

Castanopsis wallichii is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Castanopsis plants

Papua New Guinea Oak · Castanopsis argentea · Castanopsis borneensis · Castanopsis buruana · Castanopsis catappifolia · Castanopsis clemensii · Chinquapin · Castanopsis costata · Castanopsis curtisii · Japanese Chinquapin · Castanopsis densinervia · Castanopsis endertii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castanopsis wallichii 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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