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Dipterocarpus lamellatus

Dipterocarpus lamellatus is a large tropical rainforest tree endemic to Borneo, and it is one of the rarest dipterocarps, known from only a handful of sites in Sabah and Brunei. It is not a houseplant or garden plant, and it is grown only in forestry or conservation settings.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Wet tropical forest tree; it needs consistent moisture in its native habitat and does not tolerate prolonged drought.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich tropical forest soils.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; not frost tolerant.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (SW. Sabah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dipterocarpus lamellatus is a tropical rainforest tree endemic to Borneo. It is known from the Beaufort Hills, the Siangau Forest Reserve and Labuan in SW Sabah and Ladan Hills in the Tutong district of Brunei. It is one of the rarest and most endangered of all dipterocarps, with a population size of only twelve individuals, threatened mostly by habitat loss.

Other Dipterocarpus plants

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 lamellatus 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.

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