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In Singapore: Keruing Belimbing, Keruing Pekat, Meluit, Apitong (Native to Singapore, Critically Endangered)
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus is a large, endangered evergreen forest tree of Southeast Asia, reaching up to 50 m tall and valued for its timber, known as keruing. It is a forest canopy species, not a garden or houseplant, so the care fields below describe its natural habitat rather than cultivation.
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the Dipterocarpaceae family. It is an endangered medium hardwood tree of Southeast Asia. It is a large tree which can grow up to 50 metres (160 ft) tall.
Dipterocarpus grandiflorus ranges from Bangladesh and the Andaman Islands through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines.
Its wood is used to produce good quality charcoal, paper pulp, and timber sold under the Keruing designation. Its gum is used locally as a waterproofing varnish. The tree itself is very useful for nitrogen fixing, erosion control, soil improvement, and watershed regulation.
Hairy Leaf Apitong · Dipterocarpus gracilis · Dipterocarpus hasseltii · Dipterocarpus oblongifolius · Hollong · Dipterocarpus sublamellatus
[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 Dipterocarpus grandiflorus 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.
