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Xanthophyllum beccarianum

Xanthophyllum beccarianum is a small forest tree from Borneo, growing up to about 12 metres tall with smooth grey-green bark. It is a wild lowland forest species, not a common garden or houseplant, so care details are largely unknown.

Family
Polygalaceae (Polygal family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Temperature
Wet tropical climate; likely suited to warm, humid conditions only
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Xanthophyllum beccarianum is a tree in the family Polygalaceae. It is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.

Where it grows

Xanthophyllum beccarianum is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from sea-level to 200 metres (700 ft) altitude.

Other Xanthophyllum plants

Xanthophyllum adenotus var. arsatii · Xanthophyllum adenotus · Xanthophyllum amoenum · Xanthophyllum bicolor · Xanthophyllum borneense · Xanthophyllum brachystachyum · Xanthophyllum brevipes · Xanthophyllum bullatum · Xanthophyllum ceraceifolium · Xanthophyllum clovis · Xanthophyllum contractum · Xanthophyllum ecarinatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthophyllum beccarianum 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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