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Rubroshorea foraminifera

Shorea foraminifera

Rubroshorea foraminifera (formerly Shorea foraminifera) is a large timber tree from the dipterocarp family, endemic to Borneo and growing up to 50 metres tall. It is a forest tree that is not grown as a garden or houseplant, and its population is declining.

Family
Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarp family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows in periodically flooded lowland forest, so it tolerates waterlogged soil and is not suited to ordinary watering.
Soil
Sandy alluvium or shallow peat in lowland forest.
Temperature
Tropical lowland conditions; not cold hardy.
How easy
Hard

About

Rubroshorea foraminifera is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo which grow up to 50 metres tall. It grows in periodically flooded lowland forest on sandy alluvium or shallow peat.

The species has a declining range and population. The species' declined by 59% and area of occupancy 58%

Other Shorea plants

Parashorea chinensis · Shorean · Richetia alutacea · Shorea astylosa · Richetia balanocarpoides · Richetia blumutensis · Rubroshorea bullata · Richetia chaiana · Richetia cuspidata · Rubroshorea dasyphylla · Rubroshorea dispar · Rubroshorea elliptica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubroshorea foraminifera 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.

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