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Palaquium vexillatum

Palaquium vexillatum is a large forest tree from Borneo, reaching about 38 m tall. It is not a houseplant or garden plant, and growing it is only practical in a large tropical garden or plantation.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist in the wet tropics; it is adapted to high rainfall.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–32 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo (Kalimantan)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palaquium vexillatum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Borneo.

Where it grows

Palaquium vexillatum is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is in secondary forests, to elevations of 600 m (2,000 ft).

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 vexillatum 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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