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Dysoxylum alliaceum
Meliaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Dysoxylum alliaceum

Dysoxylum alliaceum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The seeds are poisonous and contain dysoxylum acid[1]. (as Dysoxylum euphlebium). The seed of the tree is used locally as a vertebrate poison[2].

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

The dried flowering specimens have a strong, very disagreeable odour that is characteristic of various parts of many species in the genus[3]. All parts of the plant smell strongly of onions[4]. We have no specific information for this species, but most members of the genus are dioecious, in which case both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[5].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Trees of Sungai Wain — http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ ↩︎An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
  2. [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  3. [3]New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants Vol.10 — Merrill E.D. · The Philippine Journal of Science · 1914 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Extracted from The Philippine Journal of Science, 1914. Descriptions of new plants discovered in the Philippines. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  5. [5]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
  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]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.
  8. [8]Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 7 — Lim S.C.; Gan K.S. · Forest Research Institute Malaysia · 2006 · https://info.frim.gov.my/infocenter/booksonline/ttb/TTBno41.pdf · ISBN 139-258 ↩︎Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four groups of lesser known commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet.
  9. [9]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.
  10. [10]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
  11. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎