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Kayea ferruginea

Family
Calophyllaceae (Calophyll family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Indo-China to Malaya, Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Kayea ferruginea is a species of flowering plant belonging to Calophyllaceae family. It is a free native to southern Indochina (Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam), Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Borneo. It grows in lowland tropical moist forests, typically along streams at low elevations.

The local or common name has been said to be Sembawang tree in a paper. Thus, giving the area of Sembawang its name.

Other Kayea plants

Kayea coriacea · Kayea daphnifolia · Mesua elegans · Kayea macrophylla · Kayea manii · Kayea stylosa · Kayea wrayi · Kayea · Mesua kunstleri · Kayea rosea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kayea ferruginea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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