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Macaranga gigantea
Giant Mahang is a fast-growing pioneer tree from the spurge family, native to wet tropical forests from southern Myanmar to Sumatra and Sulawesi, typically reaching 15 metres. It is a forest tree rather than a houseplant, so it needs open, humid tropical conditions to thrive.
Macaranga gigantea Common name Chia Kubet, (synonym Macaranga megalophylla) is a pioneer tree species in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae from western Indo-China and Malesia from southern Myanmar south to Sumatra and east to Sulawesi. It is a small tree growing to 15 metres tall, rarely to 25 metres. The leaves are peltate, tricuspidate and are typically up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long and wide on a petiole of comparable length.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Macaranga gigantea 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.
