Baccaurea brevipes
Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Baccaurea brevipes

Baccaurea brevipes

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Baccaurea brevipes is a tree with a dense crown growing 3 - 18 metres tall. The bole is unbuttressed, it can be 4 - 15cm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit. It is occasionally cultivated locally for its fruit[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatPrimary and secondary rain forest, and seasonal swamp forest at elevations from 20 - 700 metres[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].