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Duabanga moluccana

Duabanga moluccana is a large, fast-growing tropical tree native to Borneo, Java, New Guinea and nearby islands, known locally as kalanggo, loktob and magas. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and needs warm, humid, wet tropical conditions with plenty of light.

Family
Lythraceae (Loosestrife family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially while young.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained moist soil, rich in organic matter.
Temperature
22–35 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo to E. Jawa and New Guinea, Caroline Is. (Palau)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Duabanga moluccana is a species of tree native to Indonesia and surrounding areas. Its common names include kalanggo (Indonesia) loktob (Philippines) and magas (Malaysia).

Other Duabanga plants

Lampati · Duabanga

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Duabanga moluccana 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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