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Microtropis kinabaluensis

Microtropis kinabaluensis is a small tree or shrub from the Celastraceae family, endemic to Borneo and named after Mount Kinabalu. It is a rare forest species of wet tropical hill forest, rarely if ever grown in gardens.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (Sabah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Microtropis kinabaluensis is a plant in the family Celastraceae. It is named for Mount Kinabalu in Borneo.

Where it grows

Microtropis kinabaluensis is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is forests to elevations of 1,500 m (5,000 ft).

Other Microtropis plants

Microtropis argentea · Microtropis densiflora · Microtropis fascicularis · Microtropis keningauensis · Microtropis ovata · Microtropis platyphylla · Microtropis rigida · Microtropis sabahensis · Microtropis sarawakensis · Microtropis sumatrana · Microtropis tenuis · Microtropis valida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Microtropis kinabaluensis 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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