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Pellacalyx lobbii

Pellacalyx lobbii is a large rainforest tree from Borneo and Sumatra, named after the botanist Thomas Lobb. It is not a houseplant and is grown only in warm, humid tropical forest settings.

Family
Rhizophoraceae (Rhizophor family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Needs consistently moist soil in its native wet tropical climate.
Soil
Moist, well-drained forest soils.
Temperature
Warm wet tropical conditions; not frost tolerant.
Native range
Sumatera, Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pellacalyx lobbii is a tree in the family Rhizophoraceae. It is named for the British botanist Thomas Lobb.

Where it grows

Pellacalyx lobbii is native to Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines. Its habitat is in forests and clearings, often in hilly areas, at elevations to 300 m (1,000 ft).

Other Pellacalyx plants

Pellacalyx axillaris · Pellacalyx cristatus · Pellacalyx saccardianus · Pellacalyx symphiodiscus · Pellacalyx yunnanensis · Pellacalyx

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pellacalyx lobbii 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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