Opiliaceae FAMILY
Melientha suavis
Melientha suavis
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
Since the identification of this species without flowers or fruits is very difficult, the leaves of vegetatively similar species of Opiliaceae are sometimes eaten. If leaves of Urobotrya siamensis, a species widespread in the same habitat as this species in Thailand, are eaten then these may cause death by poisoning[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
The flowers are strongly fragrant[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Melientha+suavis>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Opiliaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 12: 1-71 — Hiepko P. · Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève; Switze · 2008 · http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb · ISBN 978-2-8277-0451-4 ↩︎An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [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