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Engelhardia apoensis

Engelhardia apoensis is a large forest tree of the walnut family, reaching up to 50 m tall, native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. It is a forest species not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care is mainly a matter of mimicking its humid tropical hill-forest setting.

Family
Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep consistently moist during growth in its native wet climate; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile forest soil, rich in organic matter.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions typical of 700–1,300 m elevations; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Malaysia to Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Engelhardia apoensis is a tree in the family Juglandaceae. It is named for Mount Apo in the Philippines.

Where it grows

Engelhardia apoensis is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests, at elevations of 700–1,300 m (2,000–4,000 ft).

Other Engelhardia plants

Engelhardia danumensis · Engelhardia hainanensis · Engelhardia kinabaluensis · Engelhardia mendalomensis · Engelhardia mersingensis · Engelhardia rigida · Golden Malay Beam · Engelhardia serrata · Engelhardia spicata · Engelhardia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Engelhardia apoensis 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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