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Harpullia cupanioides
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Harpullia cupanioides

Harpullia cupanioides

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark contains saponins and is used as a fish poison[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

The plant grows in the wild on rocky, sand, clay, or loam soils; usually on limestone on fertile volcanic soils[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]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
  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.