Himantandraceae FAMILY

Galbulimima belgraveana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The extremely bitter-tasting bark is poisonous[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].

Botanical Description

Galbulimima belgraveana is an evergreen tree with a densely compact crown; it can grow 15 - 36 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 10 - 25 metres, 30 - 50cm in diameter, sometimes deeply fluted or with buttresses up to 3 metres high and 1 metre wide at the base[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 441 Title Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Womersley. J.S. (Editor) Publisher Melbourne University Press Year 1995 ISBN 0 522 84095 7 Description Only a part of the flora, but an excellent publication in 3 volumes. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The tree is a rich source of alkaloids and is harvested from the wild for local use as a hallucinogenic. It is also the source of a decorative wood - this is traded commercially, though only in small quantities[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, northeast Australia.

HabitatA canopy tree, locally common in primary rain forest, found on hill slopes and ridges at elevations up to 2,700 metres, but mostly from 1,000 - 2000 metres. In montane forest found in association with Nothofagus and also common in Fagaceae forest[ 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. ].