Myristicaceae FAMILY
Horsfieldia sucosa
Horsfieldia sucosa
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Horsfieldia sucosa is an evergreen tree growing from 6 - 35 metres tall. And 47 cm The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its timber and edible fruit, which are used locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatA mid-canopy tree of primary or disturbed forests, dry land and seasonal swamp forest; growing in sandy soils or sandstone; at elevations from sea level to 500 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].