Engelhardia rigida
Juglandaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Engelhardia rigida

Engelhardia rigida

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark and the leaves are rich in tannin,. They are used as a fish intoxicant[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitSemi-deciduous Tree
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Wind

References

  1. [1]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.
  2. [2]Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea — Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. · http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ ↩︎An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea.
  3. [3]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.
  4. [4]Identification and utilization of lesser-known commercial timbers in Peninsular Malaysia 6 — Lim S.C. & Gan K.S. · Forest Research Institute; Malaysia · 2006 · http://www.frim.gov.my/?page_id=1842 · ISBN 139-258 ↩︎Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to four lesser known groups of commercial timbers from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet.