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Doona gardneri

Doona gardneri
Photo: Govindoo, Public domain

Doona gardneri is a large forest tree from Sri Lanka, rarely grown outside its native range. It is a lowland to montane rain forest species that needs warm, humid, wet conditions and deep, well-drained soil.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially when young, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Deep, well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost.
Native range
Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Doona gardneri is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is commonly known as red doon in English and rath dun (රත් දුන්) in Sinhalese. It is a large tree native to lower montane rain forest, where it prefers deep, well-drained soils. It grows in disjunct subpopulations at Ensalwatta, Adam's Peak, and Loolkandura at about 1,000 meters elevation.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Doona gardneri 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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