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Rhodamnia cinerea
In Singapore: Silver Back Tree, Mempoyan, Poyan, Empoyan, Mengkoyan, Tempoyan, Lidah Katak Bukit (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Rhodamnia cinerea, known as Silverback, is a small rainforest tree of Southeast Asia in the myrtle family that can reach about 15 m. It is grown mainly for its silvery leaf undersides and small fruit, and it needs warm, humid, shaded or lightly shaded conditions similar to its native forest.
Rhodamnia cinerea is a rainforest tree of Southeast Asia, in the family Myrtaceae.
It is a small tree that grows up to 15 m. In Sundanese, this tree is called "ki beusi". The name 'Silverback' was given due to the silvery underside of the leaves for individuals growing in open country. The leaves (2–7 cm) are simple, opposite, oblong, with three main longitudinal veins.
[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 Rhodamnia cinerea 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.
