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Helicia attenuata

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Helicia attenuata is a plant in the family Proteaceae. The specific epithet attenuata means 'drawn out', referring to the leaf base.

Where it grows

Helicia attenuata is native to an area from peninsular Thailand and Malaysia east to Flores in Indonesia. Its habitat is forests from 400–1,700 m (1,000–6,000 ft) elevation.

Other Helicia plants

Helicia acutifolia · Helicia albiflora · Helicia amplifolia · Austral oak · Blake's Silky Oak · Helicia calocoma · Helicia excelsa · Hairy Honeysuckle · Helicia fuscotomentosa · Brown Oak · Helicia grandifolia · Gray's Silky Oak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helicia attenuata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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