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Melanochyla auriculata
Melanochyla auriculata, the swamp rengas, is a flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
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Description
Melanochyla auriculata grows as a tree up to 30 m (100 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 70 cm (28 in). It has buttresses up to 2 m (7 ft) high. The smooth bark is green to grey. The leaves are obovate and measure up to 46 cm (18 in) long and to 10 cm (4 in) wide. The inflorescences, in panicles, feature white flowers. The fruits are rusty and measure up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) wide.
Range & habitat
Melanochyla auriculata is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Its habitat is in lowland swamp forest and mixed dipterocarp forests.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 898227.