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Syzygium taipingense is a rare tree in the myrtle family, known only from lowland rain forest near Taiping in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by deforestation and is not a common garden or houseplant, so cultivation advice is limited.
Syzygium taipingense is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is known only from Taiping in Perak state, where it grows in lowland rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss from deforestation.
The species was first described as Eugenia taipingensis by Murray Ross Henderson in 1947. In 1997 Ian Mark Turner placed the species in genus Syzygium as S. taipingense.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium taipingense 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.
