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Dysoxylum rugulosum

Dysoxylum rugulosum is a rainforest tree from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, growing up to 20 m tall. It is a wild forest species rather than a garden or houseplant, so it is grown mainly for forestry or conservation in its native wet tropics.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist in the wet tropics, watering regularly during dry spells when young.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest soil or a loamy mix with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dysoxylum rugulosum is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet rugulosum means 'small wrinkles', referring to the surface of the leaflets.

Where it grows

Dysoxylum rugulosum is found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is rain forests from sea-level to 2,050 metres (6,700 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 rugulosum 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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