Dilleniaceae FAMILY

Dillenia suffruticosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub

Growth—

Grows wild on a range of soils from sandy to clayey, from wet to well drained^[1]. Often grown as an ornamental, the species naturalizes easily and has become abundant in some areas outside its native range, such as Jamaica^[2]. 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. The fruit is ripe after 36 days, the seeds being eaten and dispersed by birds^[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dillenia+suffruticosa>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Plants of Southeast Asia — http://www.asianplant.net/ ↩︎Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc,
[2]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet