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Madhuca sandakanensis

Madhuca sandakanensis is a forest tree of the Sapotaceae family, endemic to Borneo and named after Sandakan. It is a wild rainforest species from mixed dipterocarp forest and is not a common garden or houseplant, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Madhuca sandakanensis is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is named for Sandakan in Borneo.

Where it grows

Madhuca sandakanensis is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forest from 30–550 m (100–1,800 ft) altitude.

Other Madhuca plants

Madhuca aristulata · Madhuca barbata · Madhuca betis · Madhuca boerlageana · Madhuca borneensis · Madhuca bourdillonii · Madhuca brochidodroma · Madhuca burckiana · Madhuca calcicola · Madhuca cheongiana · Madhuca costulata · Madhuca crassipes

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Madhuca sandakanensis 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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