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Omphalea malayana is a tropical shrub or small tree in the spurge family, native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Luzon. It is rarely grown outside its native wet tropical forests, so it is best treated as a shade-tolerant tropical understorey plant if cultivated.
Omphalea malayana is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Peninsular Malaysia (Pulao Tioman), Borneo (Sarawak) and the Philippines (Luzon). It was first described by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1916.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Omphalea malayana 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.
