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Microcos crassifolia

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Microcos crassifolia, also known locally as chanderai or bunsi, is a species of flowering plant, a fruit tree in the mallow family, that is endemic to Borneo.

Where it grows

The species is endemic to Borneo where it is known from Sabah and Sarawak as an understorey tree of lowland riparian and swamp forests. It is rarely cultivated.

Other Microcos plants

Grewia transzambesica · Microcos erythrocarpa · Microcos globulifera · Microcos laurifolia · Microcos · Microcos

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Microcos crassifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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