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Lauraceae FAMILY

Alseodaphne insignis

Alseodaphne insignis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark contains fine needle-like pruritogenic particles[1]. The inner bark, or possibly the sawdust, irritates the skin of sawyers[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Alseodaphne+insignis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database) — http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/ ↩︎Brief notes on a very wide range of plants that have reports of causing harm to the skin.
  2. [2]Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information — Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew, London. · 1910 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎A botanical publication from Kew Botanic Gardens, it has a range of articles and many newly published descriptions of plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 47 Part 1. — Singapore Botanic Gardens; Singapore. · 1995 · ISBN 0374-7859 ↩︎The botanical publication of Singapore Botanic Gardens, with a range of articles. This edition includes an annotated check list of the vascular plants of Peninsular Malaysia.
  4. [4]Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods II — Gan K.S.; Lim S.C.; Choo K.T. · Forest Research Institute; Malaysia · 1998 · ISBN 139-258 ↩︎Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to five lesser known groups of light hardwoods from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet.