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Palaquium herveyi

Palaquium herveyi is a large rainforest tree in the Sapotaceae family, native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, reaching up to 45 m tall. It is a forest timber-type tree and is not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during establishment and water regularly in dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich tropical soil or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
22–34 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Malaysia to Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palaquium herveyi is a tree in the family Sapotaceae.

Where it grows

Palaquium herveyi is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests.

Other Palaquium plants

Palaquium bataanense · Palaquium beccarianum · Palaquium bourdillonii · Palaquium calophyllum · Palaquium canaliculatum · Palaquium cochleariifolium · Palaquium crassifolium · Palaquium cryptocariifolium · Palaquium dasyphyllum · Palaquium decurrens · Palaquium edenii · Palaquium elegans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palaquium herveyi 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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