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Horsfieldia kingii is a dioecious tree in the nutmeg family that grows up to about 20 m tall in wet tropical forests of Asia. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so most care points do not apply.
Horsfieldia kingii is a dioecious tree of the family Myristicaceae. It grows up to 20 m tall It is native to mainland Asia, ranging from eastern Nepal through northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand to southern China.
It has large seeds that are dispersed by frugivores such as hornbills and imperial pigeons. The fruiting period is from February to May. The fruit is an arillate capsule and is bi-coloured.
Horsfieldia ampla · Horsfieldia ampliformis · Horsfieldia amplomontana · Horsfieldia androphora · Horsfieldia ardisiifolia · Horsfieldia atjehensis · Cape nutmeg · Horsfieldia borneensis · Horsfieldia carnosa · Horsfieldia clavata · Horsfieldia coriacea · Horsfieldia crassifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Horsfieldia kingii 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.
