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In Singapore: Sea Teak, Jati Laut, Jati Bukit, Podo Laut, Setada, Sentada, Sintada, 印度蓝屿罗汉松 (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Sembawang Park, next to Beaulieu House
Podocarpus polystachyus, the sea teak, is a coastal conifer tree that can reach about 20 m tall and grows on sandy beaches, coastal cliffs and mangrove swamps. It is a wild tree of tropical coasts rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so care notes are general guidance.
Podocarpus polystachyus, the sea teak, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in the tropical coasts of Malay Peninsula, and the islands of Singapore, Lingga, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, the Maluku, the Philippines and New Guinea; it grows in areas of the high tide mark of sandy beaches and coastal cliffs, and mangrove swamps.
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[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 Podocarpus polystachyus 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.
