Aphanamixis polystachya(Wall.) R.Parker

WFO wfo-0000539906 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. a Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-26 / obs. 170286833
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by renjus box
fig. b renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73232000
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. c Cheongweei Gan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58463436
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by renjus box
fig. d renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72400166
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by renjus box
fig. e renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77359314
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. f Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157904949
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. g Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159810246
Aphanamixis polystachya, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. h Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154131378

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Aphanamixis polystachya is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Aphanamixis polystachya, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 106 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 12.0 °C 24.1 °C 24.7 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 28.6 °C 28.8 °C 33.5 °C
Annual rainfall 888 mm 2,462 mm 3,365 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 19 mm 492 mm 517 mm

It is not found anywhere that gets close to freezing. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 106 research-grade observations of Aphanamixis polystachya that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 54 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aglaia aphanamixis Pellegr.
  • Aglaia beddomei (Kosterm.) S.S.Jain & R.C.Gaur
  • Aglaia cochinchinensis (Pierre) Pellegr.
  • Aglaia janowskyi Harms
  • Aglaia polystachya Wall.
  • Amoora amboinensis Miq.
  • Amoora aphanamixis Schult.f.
  • Amoora beddomei Kosterm.
  • Amoora cumingiana C.DC.
  • Amoora elmeri Merr.
  • Amoora grandifolia (Blume) Walp.
  • Amoora janowskyi (Harms) Kosterm.
  • Amoora macrophylla Nimmo
  • Amoora megalophylla C.DC.
  • Amoora myrmecophila Warb.
  • Amoora perrottetiana (A.Juss.) Steud.
  • Amoora polillensis C.B.Rob.
  • Amoora polystachya (Wall.) Steud.
  • Amoora rohituka (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
  • Amoora sogerensis Baker f.
  • Amoora timorensis Wight & Arn. ex Steud.
  • Andersonia rohituka Roxb.
  • Aphanamixis agusanensis Elmer
  • Aphanamixis amboinensis (Miq.) Harms

and 30 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.