Hopea odorata is a large timber tree in the Dipterocarp family, native to seasonal tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 m tall. It is grown as a shade tree and is not a typical garden or houseplant.
Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then rely mostly on seasonal rainfall once established.
22–35 °C; protect from frost, which it cannot tolerate.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical
About
Hopea odorata is a species of tree in the plant family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
[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]
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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.