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In Singapore: Nyatoh Puteh, White Gutta, Nyatoh Putih, Nyatuh, Taban Puteh, Taban Balam Kuning (Native to Singapore, Vulnerable)
3 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in; Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, behind Raffles Building; Found in Singapore Botanic Gardens, along Evolution Garden Walk
Palaquium obovatum is a large tropical forest tree of the Sapotaceae family, reaching up to 40 metres tall, and is not a common houseplant or garden plant. Its main value is its latex, once used as a low-quality gutta-percha.
Palaquium obovatum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet obovatum means 'egg-shaped', referring to the leaves.
Palaquium obovatum is native to India, Indo-China and Malesia. Its habitat is in limestone and other types of lowland tropical forest.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palaquium obovatum 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.
