Lauraceae FAMILY
Endiandra palmerstonii
Endiandra palmerstonii
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A plant of the moist to wet tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,200 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 28°c, but can tolerate 10 - 34°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,500 - 3,000mm, but tolerates 1,250 - 3,800mm[1]. Grows best in a sunny position, but tolerates some shade[1]. Prefers a fairly fertile, well-drained soil of medium texture[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6, tolerating 4.5 - 6.5[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Endiandra+palmerstonii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Flora of Australia — http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ ↩︎The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource.
- [3]Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. — Chudnoff. Martin. · USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. · 1984 ↩︎Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics.
- [4]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.
- [5]Forest Stewardship Council. — http://www.fsc.dk/index.php?id=256&PHPSESSID=367043b95e93a891cf96369e9264cd03 ↩︎The site contains information on the properties of some less well-known tropical timbers. The Forest Stewardship Council works actively to protect tropical forests by encouraging sustainable harvesting of the trees.