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Lophopetalum glabrum

Lophopetalum glabrum is a tree from the Celastraceae family, native to the mixed dipterocarp forests of Borneo up to about 400 m. It is a forest tree that reaches around 15 m tall and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Temperature
Wet tropical lowland conditions; not cold tolerant
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lophopetalum glabrum is a tree in the family Celastraceae. The specific epithet glabrum means 'smooth'.

Where it grows

Lophopetalum glabrum is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is in mixed dipterocarp forests, to elevations of 400 m (1,300 ft).

Other Lophopetalum plants

Lophopetalum beccarianum · Lophopetalum javanicum · Lophopetalum multinervium · Lophopetalum pachyphyllum · Lophopetalum pallidum · Lophopetalum rigidum · Lophopetalum sessilifolium · Lophopetalum tanahgambut · Lophopetalum wightianum · Lophopetalum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lophopetalum glabrum 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.

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