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In Singapore: Kempas, Impas, Makupa, Mangris (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
2 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, LXA; Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, nr Botany Ctr, Lawn O
Koompassia malaccensis is a giant tropical rainforest tree from Southeast Asia, reaching up to 60 m and occasionally taller, valued for its hard wood (kempas). It is a forest tree and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.
Koompassia malaccensis is a tropical rainforest tree species up to 60 m tall in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and Thailand, found in lowland forests up to altitudes of 800 m. It is among the tallest rainforest trees in the world, with one individual reaching 80.72 m (264.8 ft) in height. It is threatened by habitat loss. A common name for this wood is kempas, it is used as a flooring material, firewood, and charcoal.
[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 Koompassia malaccensis 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.
