In Singapore: Jati Laut, Kayu China, Sandu, Malakauayan, Mermolas, 海罗汉树 (Grown in Singapore)
Podocarpus rumphii is a tropical conifer tree from southern China, Malesia and New Guinea, rarely grown outside its native range. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and consistently moist but well-drained soil.
Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Hainan, Malesia to New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical
About
Podocarpus rumphii is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to Hainan (southern China), Malesia (Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines) and New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
[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]
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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.