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Anisoptera thurifera
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Anisoptera thurifera

Anisoptera thurifera

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A plant of the humid tropics. Young trees in this genus generally grow better in the dappled shade of the forest floor, whilst older trees require more light. This species, however, can readily invade cultivated land, so should be much more tolerant of full sun when small[PFAF]. The resin is collected by chopping into the tree and making a cavity where the oil can collect. Often the cuts extend halfway through the trunk. It is customary to remove the resin every few days and to apply fire to the cuts at frequent intervals. It is reported that the same tree can be tapped for a number of years[1]. Tapping the tree usually results in the entrance of decay organisms and the ultimate death of the tree. For this reason all trees which are tapped for resin should be cut and used for timber before the wood is destroyed[1]. The flow of resin may amount to more than a kilo per day[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Minor Products of Philippine Forests — Brown. W. H. · Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. · 1920 ↩︎A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea — Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. · http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ ↩︎An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea.
  3. [3]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
  4. [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  5. [5]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
  6. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎