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Santiria tomentosa

Santiria tomentosa
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Santiria tomentosa is a tropical forest tree in the Burseraceae family, native to western Malesia and the Philippines, and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant. Care guidance is limited because it is essentially a wild forest species.

Family
Burseraceae (Burser family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during establishment and don't let it dry out fully.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
22–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. Malesia to Philippines (Mindanao)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Santiria tomentosa is a species of plant in the family Burseraceae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Other Santiria plants

Santiria apiculata · Santiria dacryodifolia · Santiria griffithii · Santiria impressinervis · Santiria kalkmaniana · Santiria laevigata · Santiria nigricans · Santiria sarawakana · Santiria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Santiria tomentosa 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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