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Chisocheton sarasinorum

Chisocheton sarasinorum is a rainforest tree of the mahogany family (Meliaceae) from Borneo and Sulawesi, reaching about 15 metres tall. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so it is grown only occasionally in tropical botanic gardens.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
N. & NE. Borneo, Sulawesi
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chisocheton sarasinorum is a tree in the family Meliaceae. It is named for the Swiss explorers and botanists Karl Friedrich Sarasin and Paul Benedict Sarasin.

Where it grows

Chisocheton sarasinorum is found in Borneo and Sulawesi. Its habitat is rain forests from sea-level to 1,150 metres (4,000 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 sarasinorum 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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