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In Singapore: Penarahan Gajah, Samak Pulut (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
Horsfieldia sparsa is a rainforest tree from the nutmeg family, native to Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so it is mainly of botanical interest.
Horsfieldia sparsa is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree that grows naturally in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Horsfieldia crassifolia · Horsfieldia irya · Horsfieldia iryaghedhi · Horsfieldia superba
[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 Horsfieldia sparsa 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.
