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Dipterocarpus fusiformis is a large forest tree from northeast Borneo, endangered in the wild and not commonly grown. It is best known as a timber and forest species, so home cultivation is rare and this entry covers the species in general terms.
Dipterocarpus fusiformis is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The tree is endemic to Borneo, where it is found in Central and East Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia and Sabah state of Malaysia.
It is found on well-drained fertile soils in mixed dipterocarp forests. The largest concentrations of the trees are generally on ridge tops. It has a wide geographic range, with an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 127,755 km2, but it is found only in a few sites, and has an estimated area of occupancy (AOO) of only 20 km2.
Dipterocarpus acutangulus · Hairy Leaf Apitong · Dipterocarpus applanatus · Dipterocarpus baudii · Dipterocarpus borneensis · Dipterocarpus bourdillonii · Dipterocarpus caudiferus · Dipterocarpus chartaceus · Dipterocarpus cinereus · Dipterocarpus concavus · Dipterocarpus condorensis · Dipterocarpus confertus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dipterocarpus fusiformis 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.
