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Engelhardia roxburghiana
Engelhardia roxburghiana is a large forest tree from tropical Asia, growing up to 35 m tall, valued for timber and medicinal leaves. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general and applies mainly to young trees grown in warm, frost-free conditions.
Engelhardia roxburghiana is a tree in the family Juglandaceae. It is native mainly to tropical Asia.
Engelhardia roxburghiana grows naturally from northeastern India and Bangladesh to Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is mixed tropical forest, including dipterocarp forest, from sea level to 1,750 m (5,700 ft) elevation. It is considered a pioneer species and is drought-resilient.
Engelhardia roxburghiana is harvested for its timber, which is suitable for furniture. Its leaves are used in Chinese traditional medicine.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Engelhardia roxburghiana 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.
