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Parastemon urophyllus is a large forest tree, up to about 35 metres tall, native to wet tropical lowland forests of the Nicobar Islands, Thailand and western Malesia. It is a timber tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so care for it is mainly relevant to forest or plantation settings.
Parastemon urophyllus is a tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. The specific epithet urophyllus is from the Greek meaning "tail leaf", referring to how the leaf tapers to a sharp point.
Parastemon urophyllus grows naturally in the Nicobar Islands, Thailand and western Malesia. Its habitat is peat swamp, kerangas and secondary forests.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parastemon urophyllus 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.
