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Xanthophyllum korthalsianum

Xanthophyllum korthalsianum is a tall rainforest tree from Sumatra and Borneo, rare in the wild and not a common garden plant. It is grown only in botanical collections and is not a practical houseplant or garden subject.

Family
Polygalaceae (Polygal family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season, allowing the top layer to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Fertile, free-draining, humus-rich forest-type mix.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. Sumatera, Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Xanthophyllum korthalsianum is a tree in the family Polygalaceae. It is named for the Dutch botanist Pieter Willem Korthals.

Where it grows

Xanthophyllum korthalsianum is a rare species, growing naturally in Sumatra and Borneo. Its habitat is ridge forest at around 200 metres (700 ft) altitude.

Other Xanthophyllum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthophyllum korthalsianum 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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