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Irvingia malayana is a large tropical evergreen tree from Southeast Asia, grown mainly for its seeds and wood rather than as an ornamental. It needs warm, humid conditions and a lot of space to reach its full height.
Irvingia malayana, also known as wild almond (Vietnamese: Kơ nia, Thai: กระบก, Khmer: ចំបក់) or barking deer's mango, is a tropical evergreen tree species in the family Irvingiaceae. The specific epithet malayana is from the Latin meaning "of Malaya".
Irvingia malayana grows naturally in Indo-China and Malesia. Its main habitat is mixed tropical forests, often associated with dipterocarps, from sea-level to 300 m (1,000 ft) altitude.
The wood of this tree is used in construction. In Thailand's Roi Et Province it is one of the preferred woods for charcoal, where its seeds are also valued as food and eaten roasted.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Irvingia malayana 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.
