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In Singapore: Sumatran Ru (Grown in Singapore)
Gymnostoma sumatranum is a tropical tree in the she-oak family (Casuarinaceae) with drooping, jointed, equisetum-like twigs and rounded umbrella-shaped crowns. It grows in wet tropical lowland to montane forest and is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care notes are general guidance for a moist tropical tree.
Gymnostoma sumatranum is a tree in the she-oak family, Casuarinaceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Malesia region.
According to Plants of the World Online, Gymnostoma sumatranum is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The IUCN Red List indicates a wider range for the species, including Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands.
[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 Gymnostoma sumatranum 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.
