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Chionanthus macrocarpus

Chionanthus macrocarpus is a large forest tree from Southeast Asia, reaching up to 30 m, with white flowers and bluish green fruit. It is a wet tropical species best suited to warm, humid, sheltered sites, and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil consistently moist during establishment and dry periods, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Myanmar to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chionanthus macrocarpus grows as a tree up to 30 metres (98 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 60 centimetres (24 in). The flowers are white. Fruit is bluish green when fresh, ellipsoid, up to 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) long. The specific epithet macrocarpus is from the Greek meaning 'large fruit'. Habitat is mixed dipterocarp forest from sea-level to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) altitude. C. macrocarpus is found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Java.

Other Chionanthus plants

Chionanthus albidiflorus · Chionanthus balgooyana · Chionanthus callophylloides · Chionanthus callophyllus · Chionanthus cordulatus · Chionanthus crassifolius · Chionanthus crispus · Chionanthus curvicarpus · Chionanthus evenius · Chionanthus globosus · Chionanthus havilandii · Chionanthus henryae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chionanthus macrocarpus 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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