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Gonystylus decipiens

Gonystylus decipiens is a tropical forest tree from Sarawak in Borneo, in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is a wild timber species and is not grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance mainly reflects its rainforest origin.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Needs consistently moist soil in its native wet tropical forest.
Soil
Deep, moist, well-drained forest soil.
Temperature
Warm, wet tropical conditions; protect from frost.
Native range
Borneo (Sarawak)
Climate
wet tropical

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Gonystylus decipiens is a species of tree in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak.

Other Gonystylus plants

Gonystylus affinis · Gonystylus areolatus · Gonystylus augescens · Gonystylus bancanus · Gonystylus borneensis · Gonystylus brunnescens · Gonystylus calophylloides · Gonystylus calophyllus · Gonystylus consanguineus · Gonystylus costalis · Gonystylus eximius · Gonystylus forbesii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gonystylus decipiens 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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