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Planchonella maclayana is a tropical forest tree in the Sapotaceae family, growing up to 18 m tall, native from Borneo to the Solomon Islands. It is not a houseplant and is grown mainly in its natural habitat or as a forest tree.
Planchonella maclayana is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 18 m (60 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 25 cm (10 in). The fruits are roundish, up to 1.3 cm (1 in) long.
It ranges from Borneo through Sulawesi, Maluku, and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. Its habitat is forests from sea-level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Planchonella maclayana 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.
