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Dialium platysepalum

Dialium platysepalum

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

The plant can flower all year round[1]. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dialium+platysepalum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]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
  2. [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  3. [3]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.
  4. [4]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,
  5. [5]Timber Notes - Heavy Hardwoods II (Kekatong, Keranji, Merbau, Penaga, Resak) — Choo K.T.; Lim S.C.; Gan K.S. · Forest Research Institute; Malaysia · 1999 · http://info.frim.gov.my/cfdocs/infocenter/booksonline/index.cfm?menu=ttb · ISBN 139-258 ↩︎The properties of several Maleysian timbers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.