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Homalium longifolium

Homalium longifolium is a tropical forest tree from Southeast Asia, in the willow family Salicaceae, and is not a common garden or houseplant. Its care is mainly a matter of warm, humid, wet tropical conditions.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in its wet tropical habitat; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, moisture-retentive forest-type soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–35 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Myanmar to Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Homalium longifolium (locally known as petaling gajah) is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is found in Malaysia and Thailand.

Other Homalium plants

Rarotonga Homalium · Homalium betulifolium · Homalium brevidens · Homalium buxifolium · Homalium ceylanicum · Homalium dalzielii · Homalium dasyanthum · Homalium foetidum · Homalium gracilipes · Homalium grandiflorum · Homalium henriquesii · Homalium hypolasium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homalium longifolium 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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