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Dysoxylum papillosum

Dysoxylum papillosum is a small rainforest tree from Southeast Asia in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice here is general guidance for a warm, humid tropical tree.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Fertile, well-draining, slightly acidic humus-rich mix.
Temperature
22–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia and NW. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dysoxylum papillosum is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet papillosum is from the Latin meaning 'pimpled', referring to the leaf surface when dry.

Where it grows

Dysoxylum papillosum is found in Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is rain forests at around 500 metres (1,600 ft) altitude.

Other Dysoxylum plants

Dysoxylum acutangulum · Dysoxylum brachybotrys · Dysoxylum carolinae · Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum · Dysoxylum flavescens · Dysoxylum gotadhora · Dysoxylum grande · Dysoxylum latifolium · Dysoxylum macrocarpum · Dysoxylum magnificum · White Cedar · Pink Mahogany

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysoxylum papillosum 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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