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Melanochyla bullata is a large lowland rainforest tree of Borneo, reaching up to 30 m tall, rarely grown in cultivation. It is not a practical houseplant or garden plant, so care notes below apply only to conditions a tree of this kind would need if grown in a warm, humid tropical garden.
Melanochyla bullata is a flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Borneo.
Melanochyla bullata is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is in lowland forests, to elevations of 500 m (1,600 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melanochyla bullata 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.
