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Hopea rudiformis is a large forest tree from Borneo, growing in lowland rainforest and swamps, up to 35 m tall. It is a wild rainforest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care is mainly about tropical conditions.
Hopea rudiformis is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae which is endemic to Borneo.
The species was first described by Peter Shaw Ashton in 1978. The specific epithet rudiformis means 'sword-shaped', referring to the leaf.
Hopea rudiformis is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is lowland rain forests, sometimes in swamps, to elevations of 500 m (1,600 ft).
Dalingdingan · Hopea aequalis · Hopea altocollina · Hopea andersonii · Hopea apiculata · Hopea aptera · Hopea auriculata · Hopea bancana · Hopea basilanica · Hopea beccariana · Hopea bilitonensis · Hopea brachyptera
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hopea rudiformis 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.
