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Sindora siamensis is a large evergreen tree of tropical Southeast Asia, valued for its timber and grown mainly in forests rather than gardens. It is not a common cultivated plant, so care is best judged from its natural habitat.
Sindora siamensis is a species of tree in the subfamily Detarioideae of the family Fabaceae (also known as the legume family). It has an accepted infraspecific, the variety S. siamensis var. maritima (Pierre) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen. See taxon box to the right below, and below for details on the variety maritima. The nominate species (i.e. not the variety) is found in many countries in tropical Asia. Like several other species in the genus Sindora, its wood is considered valuable; the least concern conservation status may reflect efforts to replant this species, but mortality rates are high.
As well as the wood, the plant provides raw material for chemical products, food and drink, and domestic utensils.
The tree is found in open semi-deciduous, seasonal tropical forests, including open Dipterocarpus forests and secondary formations in Mainland Southeast Asia.
As well as the wood, which is used for construction, ship-building, furniture-making and carvings, the plant provides raw material for chemical products, food and drink, and domestic utensils. The fruits are edible, and are sometimes chewed in a betel quid in Cambodia. In that country, the wood graded as first (highest) category is especially favoured for floors, beams and columns in construction. The wood scraps and by product makes good charcoal. The bark is used to dye fishing nets.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sindora siamensis 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.
