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Chaetocarpus castanicarpus

Chaetocarpus castanicarpus is an evergreen tropical forest tree of the Peraceae family that can reach about 45 metres, so it is not a houseplant or garden shrub. It needs warm, humid, wet tropical conditions and is grown mainly for its timber and leaves in its native range.

Family
Peraceae (Per family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Sri Lanka, Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

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Chaetocarpus castanocarpus is a plant of the family Peraceae. The tree is evergreen and about 45 metres (148 ft) high. Leaves are simple and alternate. Flower color may vary from greenish yellow to yellow. It is distributed in Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Laos. Tree trunk is used for construction purposes. Leaves are used as a leafy vegetable.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chaetocarpus castanocarpus 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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