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1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Hindhede Nature Park, Bt Timah Nature Reserve, along South View Path
Parishia insignis is a large lowland rainforest tree in the cashew family, native to Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands, valued mainly for its timber. It is not a common cultivated plant, so home care guidance is limited; it grows best in warm, humid, wet tropical conditions.
Parishia insignis is a flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Parishia insignis is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand and the Andaman Islands. Its habitat is in lowland forests, including those dominated by dipterocarps.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parishia insignis 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.
