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Shorea sumatrana is a large timber tree from the dipterocarp family, native to Sumatra, Java and Peninsular Malaysia. It is grown for its wood in forestry rather than as an ornamental, and is not a common garden or houseplant.
Shorea sumatrana is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It grows naturally in Sumatra, Java and Peninsular Malaysia.
Shorea astylosa · Richetia gibbosa · Rubroshorea leprosula · Rubroshorea macrophylla · Shorea obtusa · Rubroshorea pauciflora · Sal tree · Shorea tumbuggaia · Shorean
[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 Shorea sumatrana 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.
