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Xylocarpus rumphii

Xylocarpus rumphii
Photo: Karin McKirdy, CC BY 4.0

Xylocarpus rumphii is a small mangrove tree in the mahogany family, found on tropical coastlines. It is grown mainly for its wood and as a coastal planting, and it needs saline, waterlogged conditions.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the root zone wet, as it grows in tidal, waterlogged soils.
Soil
Muddy, saline or brackish coastal sediments.
Temperature
22-32 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Madagascar, Sri Lanka to SW. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

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Xylocarpus rumphii is a small tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae which is native to coastlines of Madagascar, southeast Asia, Queensland, and the southwestern Pacific islands.

Other Xylocarpus plants

Dhundal tree · Cedar mangrove · Xylocarpus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylocarpus rumphii 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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