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Hopea helferi

In Singapore: Lintah Bukit, Damar Mata Kuching (Grown in Singapore)

Hopea helferi is a critically endangered tropical forest tree in the dipterocarp family, native to parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. It is not a commonly grown plant, so care guidance here applies only to the rare cases where it is cultivated.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, humus-rich mix.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Assam to N. Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Hopea helferi is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Cambodia, the Andaman Islands of India, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Other Hopea plants

Dalingdingan · Hopea cordifolia · Hopea ferrea · Hopea mengarawan · Hopea nutans · Ironwood · Hopea pubescens · Hopea sangal · Hopea wightiana · Hopea

[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 Hopea helferi 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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