Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Glochidion acuminatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Glochidion acuminatum is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 6 metres tall. The bole can be up to 15cm in diameter[ 742 Title Flora of Thailand - Euphorbiaceae Publication Author van Welzen P.C. Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/thaieuph/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with masses of information about the species of Euphorbia found in Thailand. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand.

HabitatScattered to locally common in mainly open, secondary places like pine plantations, forest edges, roadsides, thickets, old clearings, open grassland; also in hill evergreen forest, oak forest, and less in deciduous forest, from 1,100 - 1,750 metres[ 742 Title Flora of Thailand - Euphorbiaceae Publication Author van Welzen P.C. Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/thaieuph/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with masses of information about the species of Euphorbia found in Thailand. ].