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Cinnamomum percoriaceum

Cinnamomum percoriaceum is a small rainforest tree from the laurel family, known only from Sarawak in Borneo, growing up to about 6 m tall. It is a wild species with no established horticultural care, so it is not commonly grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, as in its humid montane rainforest habitat, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (Sarawak)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cinnamomum percoriaceum is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is endemic to Borneo. It is a small tree growing to 6 metres tall, with a trunk to 7 cm in diameter.

It is known only from Sarawak (Limbang and Sri Aman districts). It grows in montane rain forest up to 2000 m elevation.

Other Cinnamomum plants

Camphora glandulifera · Selasian Wood · Cinnamon · Cinnamomum angustitepalum · Brown Bollywood · Camphora bodinieri · Padang cassia · Cinnamomum calciphilum · Cambodia cinnamom · Camphora officinarum · Cinnamomum capparu-coronde · Laurels

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinnamomum percoriaceum 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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