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Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus

Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus is a large forest tree from northern and northwestern Borneo, growing up to 45 m tall. It is a rainforest timber species and is not a practical garden or houseplant.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs consistently moist, humid tropical conditions in its native rainforest; not typically watered in cultivation.
Soil
Well-drained forest soils typical of hilly Bornean dipterocarp forest.
Temperature
Wet tropical climate, roughly 22–33 °C; cannot tolerate frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. & NW. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet pachyphyllus means 'thick leaves'.

Where it grows

Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests and hilly land to 400 metres (1,300 ft) elevation.

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 pachyphyllus 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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