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Simpoh Air

dillenia suffruticosa

Photo by pahels1
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Field Notes

Description:

This tree is called Kedah Gardenia. In this picture, you cannot see any flowers or fruits. But there are. The flowers are yellow and they droop down. The fruits are pink and they burst open looking like a flower. The leaf shape of this is oblong. The leaves are 25 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide. The leaf margin is entire. The leaf venation is netted pinnate. The leaf arrangement is whorled. The leaf texture is smooth. The root system is prop and silt roots.

Habitat:

The secondary rainforest. It's in the shade and doesn't get a lot of sunlight.

Notes:

N/A

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

I checked the online websites you put on blackboard, you are correct. Thank you so much!
I think that yours might be Simpoh Air (Dillenia Suffricosa) Check field guides and the online resources to find out.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2013

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