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In Singapore: Merbatu, Sea Beam, Kayu Batu, Kayu Kambang, Kembang Batu, Merbatu Layang, Sau Hutan (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)
2 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in Canning Rise, near pedestrian underpass; Found in
Maranthes corymbosa is a large forest tree in the Chrysobalanaceae family, growing up to 30 metres tall, and is rarely grown as a plant outside its native wet tropical forests. Success depends on warm, humid, wet tropical conditions, which are hard to replicate in home gardens.
Maranthes corymbosa is a tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. The specific epithet corymbosa is from the Greek meaning "cluster", referring to the clustered inflorescences.
Maranthes corymbosa grows naturally in Thailand, Malesia, the Solomon Islands, the Caroline Islands and Australia. It is also found in Panama. Its habitat is forests from sea-level to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) elevation.
[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 Maranthes corymbosa 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.
