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Phaeanthus splendens
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Phaeanthus splendens

Phaeanthus splendens

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Prefers sandy loam soils in the wild[1], though it also grows on yellow clays, rocky and limestone soils[2]. Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[3]. The flowers have a sweet, apple-like smell[3]. Fresh leaves may yield 0.72% crude alkaloids, consisting of 0.09% limacine and 0.03% phaeantine. Total crude alkaloids found in the stem bark amount to 0.78%[3].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Flies, Beetles

References

  1. [1]Plants of Southeast Asia — http://www.asianplant.net/ ↩︎Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc,
  2. [2]Revision of the Genus Phaeanthus (Annonaceae) — Mols J.B.; Kessler P.J.A. · National Herbarium, Nederlands · 2000 ↩︎A revision of the genus Phaeanthus
  3. [3]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.