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Baccaurea purpurea

Baccaurea purpurea

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Plants grow wild in thin soils over limestone[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

Seed - when sown fresh it usually germinates in a few days[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Baccaurea+purpurea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Euphorbiaceae of Malesia — http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ ↩︎An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines).
  2. [2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  3. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎