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Diploknema sebifera

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Pen. Malaysia, Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

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Diploknema sebifera is a plant in the family Sapotaceae. It grows as a tree up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 60 cm (24 in). The bark is greyish brown. Inflorescences bear up to 10 reddish brown flowers. The fruit is ellipsoid, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea level to 300 metres (1,000 ft) altitude. Diploknema sebifera is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diploknema sebifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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