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Engelhardia kinabaluensis

Engelhardia kinabaluensis is a large forest tree from the walnut family, known only from near Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo. It is a rare wild species grown mainly for conservation or botanical interest rather than as a garden plant, so it is not a practical choice for home growing.

Family
Juglandaceae (Walnut family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Engelhardia kinabaluensis is a tree in the family Juglandaceae. It is named for Mount Kinabalu in Borneo.

Where it grows

Engelhardia kinabaluensis is endemic to Borneo, where it is known only from near Mount Kinabalu in Sabah. Its habitat is lowland dipterocarp forests, at elevations of 200–1,500 m (700–4,900 ft).

Other Engelhardia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Engelhardia kinabaluensis 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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