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Castanopsis acuminatissima
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Castanopsis acuminatissima

Castanopsis acuminatissima

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

Mouth ulcers and anaemia have been reported from people eating large numbers of raw nuts[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthFast

Castanopsis species are generally tolerant of a range of soils, preferably well-drained[2]. They succeed in full sun, though young plants generally grow best in dappled woodland shade. A fast-growing tree[3]. The tree has surface roots and often forms a ring of suckers around the base of the trunk[2, 1].

Propagation

Seed - easy to germinate if sown fresh. Self-sown seedlings can be transplanted[1]. Suckers are formed near the base, but these often do not transplant well[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Castanopsis+acuminatissima>

Pollinators

Wind

References

  1. [1]Food Plants of Papua New Guinea — French. B.R. · Author. · 2006 ↩︎Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
  2. [2]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
  3. [3]Forest Restoration Planting in Northern Thailand — Pakkad G.; Elliott S.; Anusarnsunthorn V. Et al · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Bangkok · 2002 · http://www.fao.org/ ↩︎A report on reforestation in northern Thailand by using specific pioneer species. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Biotik, Laos — http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html ↩︎Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees.
  5. [5]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
  6. [6]Plants of Southeast Asia — http://www.asianplant.net/ ↩︎Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc,
  7. [7]Food resources and changing patterns of resource use among the the Lundayeh of the Ulu Padas, Sabah — Hoare A. · Borneo Research Council; Phillips, Maine. · 2003 ↩︎An article on the foods used by the Lundayeh people in Sabah, Indonesia.
  8. [8]Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 — Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) · Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. · 2002 · ISBN 983-2181-27-5 ↩︎A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses.
  9. [9]Five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java — Hari Priyadi et al · Center for International Forestry Research; Indonesia. · 2010 · http://www.cifor.cgiar.org · ISBN 978-602-8693-22-6 ↩︎Brief details of the uses of 500 Indonesian plants. It is available as a PDF document to download from the internet.