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Microtropis sabahensis

Microtropis sabahensis is a small tree in the Celastraceae family, known only from Sabah in Borneo. It grows in lowland rain forest and freshwater swamp forest, so it is a wild forest species rather than a common cultivated plant.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in swamp-influenced forest.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained forest soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (Sabah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Microtropis sabahensis is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sabah.

Microtropis sabahensis is a small tree. It is known only from the type specimen collected at Kinabatangan.

Other Microtropis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Microtropis sabahensis 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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