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Epicharis cuneata

In Singapore: Stem Dysoxylon, Dedali, Guatak, Pokok Parong, Pudu Sawa (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)

Epicharis cuneata is a tall tropical forest tree in the Meliaceae family, reaching up to 30 m, with fragrant white to cream flowers and red fruits. It is a forest species rather than a garden or houseplant, so care depends on tropical climate conditions.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while young, then rely on tropical rainfall; keep the soil moist but not waterlogged.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral forest-type soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Indo-China to W. Malesia and Philippines (Palawan)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Epicharis cuneata is a tree in the family Meliaceae.

Where it grows

Epicharis cuneata is native to portions of Indochina and Malesia, ranging from Myanmar to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines. Its habitat is a variety of forests from sea-level to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) elevation.

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epicharis cuneata 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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