Myristicaceae FAMILY

Knema glauca

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Knema glauca is an evergreen tree with a light, open canopy; it can grow from 5 - 30 metres tall. The bole can be free of branches for up to half its height, stilt roots up to 1 metre tall are sometimes present[ 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its seed and timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatPrimary and degraded evergreen forest, including mixed dipterocarp; forest edges, riverine forest, periodically inundated forest, pole forest, thickets; on a great variety of soils; at elevations up to 1,500 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 ].