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Dipterocarpus cinereus is a large rainforest tree endemic to Mursala Island off Sumatra, and it is critically endangered with only about 30 mature trees known. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.
Dipterocarpus cinereus is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Mursala Island, off the west-central coast of Sumatra. It is a large tree with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter. It grows on hilltops in lowland rain forest between 20 and 370 meters elevation, typically on leached soils. It is threatened by overharvesting for timber and habitat loss from forest clearance for rubber plantations. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as critically endangered, with a total population of only 30 mature individuals and low numbers of seedlings.
The species was first described by Dirk Fok van Slooten in 1927.
Dipterocarpus acutangulus · Hairy Leaf Apitong · Dipterocarpus applanatus · Dipterocarpus baudii · Dipterocarpus borneensis · Dipterocarpus bourdillonii · Dipterocarpus caudiferus · Dipterocarpus chartaceus · Dipterocarpus concavus · Dipterocarpus condorensis · Dipterocarpus confertus · Dipterocarpus conformis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dipterocarpus cinereus 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.
