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Java Dacryberry

Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Also called Pine

1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, Lawn H beside HT Alstonia pneumatophora

Java Dacryberry
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0

Java dacryberry is a large conifer tree from tropical Asia and the Pacific that can reach about 40 m tall. It is grown as a landscape tree in warm, wet climates and is not a common houseplant.

Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young and water during dry spells; established trees tolerate some drought.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil, tolerant of a range of types.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below about 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (Guangxi, NW. Yunnan), Indo-China to SW. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dacrycarpus imbricatus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in Cambodia, southern China, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam. It is a large tree that can grow up to 40 metres (130 ft) in height.

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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dacrycarpus imbricatus 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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