Proteaceae FAMILY
Helicia petiolaris
Helicia petiolaris
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Helicia petiolaris is a shrub or a small tree, usually growing from 4 - 12 metres tall but occasionally reaching 20 metres. The bole can be up to 45cm in diameter[ 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 wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia (Kalimantan).
HabitatRainforests, at elevations up to 2,100 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 ]. Scattered in lowland mixed dipterocarp and kerangas forest, growing on leached acid yellow sandy soils and locally abundant in lower montane forests on sandstone ridges at elevations to 2,100 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]