Dilleniaceae FAMILY
Dillenia obovata
Dillenia obovata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dillenia obovta is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 35 metres tall. The rather crooked bole can be free of branches for up to 14 metres and up to 70cm 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 local use as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatOpen, secondary forest formations on stony, periodically rather dry soils[ 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 ].