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Parinari elmeri

Parinari elmeri is a large rainforest tree of the Chrysobalanaceae family, native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines, growing up to 30 m tall in mixed dipterocarp forest. It is a forest timber tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so it is rarely cultivated.

Family
Chrysobalanaceae (Chrysobalan family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water during dry spells, since it grows in wet tropical forest.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, humus-rich tropical soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Malaysia to Philippines (Mindanao)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Parinari elmeri is a tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is named for the American botanist Adolph Elmer.

Where it grows

Parinari elmeri grows naturally in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the Philippines. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea-level to 900 metres (3,000 ft) elevation.

Other Parinari plants

Annamese Burada · Parinari argenteosericea · Parinari campestris · Parinari canarioides · Dwarf Mobola · Parinari costata · Hissing Tree · Guinea Plum · Parinari klugii · Parinari metallica · Nonda plum · Parinari oblongifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parinari elmeri 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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