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Xanthophyllum obscurum is a large rainforest tree from southern Thailand and western Malesia, reaching up to 35 m tall. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so it needs space and a warm, humid, wet tropical climate.
Xanthophyllum obscurum is a tree in the family Polygalaceae. The specific epithet obscurum is from the Latin meaning 'dark', referring to the dark colour of the dried flowers and fruits.
Xanthophyllum obscurum grows naturally in southern Thailand and western Malesia. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp and lower montane forests from sea-level to 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) altitude.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthophyllum obscurum 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.
