Dillenia — 24 species
Botanical species in the genus Dillenia recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Dillenia excelsa
Dillenia excelsa
Family: Dilleniaceae
Cultivation
Found in the wild on sandy to clayey soils, but also on limestone.
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Dillenia indica
Dillenia indica
Family: Dilleniaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the humid tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,100 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 30 - 40°c, but can tolerate 7 - 47°c. Plants can survive occasional, short-lived frosts with temperatures down to about -2°c.
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Dillenia papuana
Dillenia papuana
Family: Dilleniaceae
Cultivation
Trees have been found growing in soil with seasonal inundation of up to 2 metres for 5 months of the year.
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Dillenia pentagyna
Dillenia pentagyna
Family: Dilleniaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 900 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 30 - 42°c, but can tolerate 7 - 47°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,000 - 3,000mm, but tolerates 750 - 5,000mm, growing mainly in areas with a distinct dry season.
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Dillenia suffruticosa
Dillenia suffruticosa
Family: Dilleniaceae
Cultivation
Grows wild on a range of soils from sandy to clayey, from wet to well drained. Often grown as an ornamental, the species naturalizes easily and has become abundant in some areas outside its native range, such as Jamaica. The plant flowers continuously, each flower is open for one day only, between 2 flowers of the same raceme a difference of around 3 - 4 days.
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