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Salicaceae FAMILY

Homalium caryophyllaceum

Homalium caryophyllaceum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Usually found on sandy to silt soils in the wild[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Trees of Sungai Wain — http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ ↩︎An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
  2. [2]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
  3. [3]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.
  4. [4]The Philippine Journal of Science. Vol. 4 — Freer P.C. (Editor) · The Bureau of Science, Philippines. · 1909 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A number of articles on Philippine plants, including one on the qualities of Philippine woods.