Calophyllum inophyllum L.

vernacular Alexandrian laurel — species · Clusiaceae

USDA: CAIN4
GBIF: 9531830
Rank: species

Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum) — Platephotograph · 傻子CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Clusiaceae Lindl.
Genus: Calophyllum

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
PR Puerto Rico Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 4 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: Medium
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: Low
Salinity: High
Anaerobic: Low
CaCO₃: None
Hedging: Low

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 40 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 365 min.
Root depth: 36 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Crown
Growth rate: Slow
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 40 ft
Height @ 20 y: 60 ft
Foliage texture: Coarse
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: White
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: Slight

§3d

Reproduction

Seed abundance: Medium
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Winter
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 659
Propagation: seed, bare root

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: Yes
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: Yes
Fuelwood: Medium
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.

Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CAIN4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/9531830 ↗

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