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Palaquium rostratum is a large rainforest tree from Southeast Asia, growing up to 45 m tall, valued mainly for its timber and edible fruit. It is grown in the wild and in forestry rather than as a garden or houseplant.
Palaquium rostratum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Palaquium rostratum is native to southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and many areas of maritime Southeast Asia including the Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Maluku Islands and Sulawesi. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp and kerangas forests from sea level to 1,200 m (4,000 ft) altitude.
The fruit of Palaquium rostratum is edible. The seeds are locally turned into cooking oil. The timber is used in making furniture.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palaquium rostratum 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.
