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Palaquium hispidum

Palaquium hispidum
Photo: Adam Kamal, CC BY 4.0
Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palaquium hispidum is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet hispidum means 'coarsely hairy, bristly', referring to the species' twigs, buds, leaves and inflorescences which have such hair.

Where it grows

Palaquium hispidum is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland 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 hispidum 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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