Anacardiaceae FAMILY Vulnerable
Gluta papuana
Gluta papuana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant is poisonous, it has sometimes been used for criminal poisoning[1]. Brief contact with the plant can cause allergies and chemical irritation of the skin[2]. The sap can cause dermatitis[3]. A resinous exudate from the wood can cause severe skin irritation[4]. The smoke of the burning wood can cause severe irritation, particularly to the eyes[2].
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gluta+papuana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]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.
- [2]Contact-Poisonous Plants of the World — Rohde. M. · 2006 · http://mic-ro.com/plants/ ↩︎A document on the internet. Gives brief information on about 35 species of plants that can cause severe problems from a single contact with the skin.
- [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]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
- [5]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.