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Palaquium stellatum is a large rainforest tree of the Sapotaceae family, native to lowland forests of Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo, growing up to 40 metres tall. It is a forest timber and latex tree, not a garden or houseplant, so care needs apply only to cultivation in very large wet-tropical settings.
Palaquium stellatum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet stellatum means 'star-like', referring to some of the indumentum hairs.
Palaquium stellatum is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forests.
The timber of Palaquium stellatum is locally used in construction. The fruits and seeds are edible. The latex can be used as gutta-percha.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palaquium stellatum 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.
