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Diospyros diepenhorstii is a large forest tree in the ebony family, reaching about 30 m, native to Peninsular Thailand, western Malesia and the Philippines. It is a wild forest species and is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so the care notes below are general guidance for a tropical tree.
Diospyros diepenhorstii is a tree in the family Ebenaceae. It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall. Twigs are brownish to blackish. The fruits are obovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, up to 10 cm (4 in) long. The tree is named for Dutch botanist H. Diepenhorst. Habitat is forests from sea-level to 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) altitude. D. diepenhorstii is found in Peninsular Thailand and from west Malesia to the Philippines.
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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 Diospyros diepenhorstii 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.
