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Lodhtree

Symplocos racemosa

Lodhtree
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lodhtree (Symplocos racemosa) is a small to medium evergreen tree from the Himalayan foothills and Southeast Asia, grown mainly for its bark used in traditional medicine and dye. It is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant and suits warm, humid tropical conditions.

Family
Symplocaceae (Symploc family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep soil moist but not waterlogged in the wet season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or forest-type soil with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Nepal to S. China and Indo-China
Climate
wet tropical

About

Symplocos racemosa is a species of plant in the family Symplocaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.

Other Symplocos plants

Symplocos adenophylla · Symplocos anamallayana · Symplocos anomala · Symplocos badia · Symplocos baehnii · Symplocos barberi · Symplocos blancae · Symplocos borneensis · Symplocos bractealis · Symplocos breedlovei · Symplocos buxifolia · Symplocos buxifolioides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symplocos racemosa 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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