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Flueggea flexuosa
Poumuli (Flueggea flexuosa) is a tropical tree in the Phyllanth family, native to islands of the western Pacific and the Philippines, valued mainly for its timber. It is a forest tree rather than a common garden or houseplant, so care depends on warm, humid lowland conditions.
Flueggea flexuosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to the Philippines, Maluku Islands, Papuasia, Caroline Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, and it is classified under "least concern" by the IUCN. The wood of this plant is usually used as building materials particularly as rafter, house post or agricultural implements. In the Philippines, this plant is locally known as anislag, tras or malagau.
Mainly found on low elevation, the plant's height can reach from 10 to 20 meters (33 to 66 ft) and its diameter at breast height measures 2,040 centimetres (800 inches). The leaves of this plant are alternate, elliptic or oblong with length ranging from 10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches) and width ranging from 4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Flueggea flexuosa 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.
