''Dillenia reticulata'' is a deciduous rainforest tree in the family

Dilleniaceae Dilleniaceae is a family of flowering plants with 11 genera and about 430 known species. Such a family has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It is known to gardeners for the genus ''Hibbertia'', which contains many commercially valuabl ...

. It is native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.

Description

The species typically grows to high and about thick, with a maximum recorded height of . The young tree has a very different appearance, palm-like with a terminal rosette of huge, wavy-edged leaves up to or more in length and about wide. Adult leaves much smaller, to as little as . The underside of the leaves is fuzzy. The flowers are five-petaled, yellow and about eight centimeters (three inches) in width. The trees have

prop root Buttress roots also known as plank roots are large, wide roots on all sides of a shallowly rooted tree. Typically, they are found in nutrient-poor tropical forest soils that may not be very deep. They prevent the tree from falling over (hence t ...

s similar to those of

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17398390 reticulata Plants described in 1889 Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Flora of Borneo Flora of Sumatra Flora of Singapore