Dillenia reticulata

Appearance

The species typically grows to 36 metres high and about 1.27 metres thick, with a maximum recorded height of 63 metres. The young tree has a very different appearance, palm-like with a terminal rosette of huge, wavy-edged leaves up to 1.27 metres in length and about 41 centimetres wide. Adult leaves much smaller, to as little as 10 by 10 centimetres. The underside of the leaves is fuzzy. The flowers are five-petaled, yellow and about eight centimeters in width. The trees have prop roots similar to those of mangroves.