Gmelina asiatica
Lamiaceae FAMILY

Gmelina asiatica

Gmelina asiatica

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Shrub
Growth—

Succeeds in full sun or partial shade, preferring a moist but well-drained soil[1]. Found in the wild in sandy clay or coarse gritty substrate, often in poor soils, sometimes over granite or sandstone[2].

Propagation

Seed - Air layering. Cuttings. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gmelina+asiatica>

Pollinators

Insects

References

  1. [1]Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants — Ahmed Fayaz · Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand · 2011 · ISBN 978-1-55407-489 ↩︎A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference.
  2. [2]A revision of the genus Gmelina (Lamiaceae) — de Kok, Rogier · 2012 · http://www.researchgate.net/publication/236278737 · ISBN 1874-933X ↩︎A detailed revision, it also often gives plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
  4. [4]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  5. [5]Philippine Medicinal Plants — http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html ↩︎A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant.