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Engelhardia spicata
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Engelhardia spicata

Engelhardia spicata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark and the leaves are rich in tannin,. They are used as a fish intoxicant[1, 2]. The young shoots are poisonous to livestock. Ingestion of the leaves in quantity results in flatulence, blood urination and even death of the livestock. A mixture of lime juice, molasses, maize flour and turmeric is given to the poisoned animal as an antidote

Cultivation Details

HabitSemi-deciduous Tree
GrowthFast

Succeeds in tropical and subtropical areas. A fast-growing tree[3]. Trees coppice well[4].

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as ripe[4]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Engelhardia+spicata>

Pollinators

Wind

References

  1. [1]Biotik, Laos — http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html ↩︎Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees.
  2. [2]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.
  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]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.
  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]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.
  7. [7]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
  8. [8]Documentation of tree species within Mizoram Science Centre, Berawtlang, Aizawl, India, with notes on their ethnomed — Lalrinkimi & Lallianthanga R.K. · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.33493/scivis.19.03.01 · ISBN 0975-6175 ↩︎
  9. [9]Ethnobotanical Studies of Useful Trees of District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir — Muhammad Ajaib & Zaheer-Ud-Din Khan · 2014 · ISBN 2313-206X ↩︎
  10. [10]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.
  11. [11]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.
  12. [12]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.