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Xylocarpus moluccensis
Also called Cannonball Mangrove
Xylocarpus moluccensis is a large mangrove tree in the mahogany family, grown mainly outdoors in tropical coastal and brackish settings. It needs warm, humid, moist conditions and bright light, and is not a typical houseplant.
Xylocarpus moluccensis is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The name derives from the Moluccas archipelago (now the Maluku Islands).
Xylocarpus moluccensis grows naturally from the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh through Mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia to tropical Australia. Its habitat is mangrove swamps.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylocarpus moluccensis 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.
