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Chisocheton patens

Chisocheton patens is a large rainforest tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae), growing up to 35 metres tall in lowland forest. It is a forest timber tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so care details apply only to cultivation in wet tropical climates.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it grows in wet lowland rainforest.
Soil
Deep, fertile, well-drained moist soil, typical of rainforest.
Temperature
Warm wet tropical conditions; protect from frost.
Native range
Myanmar to W. & C. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chisocheton patens is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet patens is from the Latin meaning 'spreading', referring to the inflorescence.

Where it grows

Chisocheton patens is found in Thailand and Malesia. Its habitat is lowland rain forests from sea-level to 500 metres (1,600 ft) altitude.

Other Chisocheton plants

Chisocheton amabilis · Chisocheton ceramicus · Chisocheton crustularii · Chisocheton cumingianus subsp. balansae · Chisocheton cumingianus subsp. kinabaluensis · Chisocheton cumingianus · Chisocheton erythrocarpus · Chisocheton granatum · Chisocheton koordersii · Chisocheton lansiifolius · Chisocheton lasiocarpus · Chisocheton macranthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chisocheton patens 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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