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Palaquium rivulare

Palaquium rivulare is a tall forest tree from Borneo in the Sapotaceae family, growing up to 20 metres. It is a wild rainforest species, not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in a humid tropical setting, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich tropical forest soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palaquium rivulare is a species of tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Borneo.

Where it grows

Palaquium rivulare is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp, limestone and riparian 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 rivulare 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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