Mast Tree - Live Plant in a 3 Gallon Growers Pot - Polyalthia Longifolia - Extremely Rare Ornamental Trees of The World

Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Wekiva Foliage. Originating in India and Sri Lanka, this landscape tree grows moderately slowly to between 10 and 18 m 30 and 60 ft tall. The leaves are lance-shaped with wavy margins and either bronze, lime green or dark green, depending on their age.

They remain on the tree in all seasons and in a dense arrangement that almost completely cloaks the trunk in lush greenery, from near the bottom to the top of the tree. For a brief period in spring, masses of pale yellow-green star-shaped flowers bloom amid the leaves.

These are followed by green coffee-berry-like fruit with a single seed, ripening to dark purple or near black from summer to autumn. The narrowly shaped weeping variety, var. pendula, is widely cultivated as a street tree in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia for its compact form and lush green foliage.

When closely spaced, it forms a tall hedge useful for privacy screening, shade or as a windbreak. Grows naturally in sub-humid to humid subtropical and tropical climates, generally frost-free areas with annual lows of 16 to 25 C, annual highs of 25 to 36 C, annual rainfall of 800 to 3800 mm and a dry season of 8 months or less, extending to 12 months with irrigation or groundwater.